# Jamides

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"Ceruleans" redirects here. For other uses, see [Cerulean (disambiguation)](/source/Cerulean_(disambiguation)).

***Jamides***, commonly called **ceruleans**, is a genus of [butterflies](/source/Butterfly) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). The species of this genus are found in the [Indomalayan realm](/source/Indomalayan_realm), the [Palearctic realm](/source/Palearctic_realm) and the [Australasian realm](/source/Australasian_realm).

## Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

- *[Jamides abdul](/source/Jamides_abdul)* (Distant, 1886)
- *[Jamides aetherialis](/source/Jamides_aetherialis)* (Butler, 1884) Moluccas, Raja Ampat Islands, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Solomon Islands
- *[Jamides alecto](/source/Jamides_alecto)* (Felder, 1860) – metallic [cerulean](/source/Cerulean) (Ceylon, southern India, Sikkim, Burma, Malaysia, Ambon, Serang, Obi?, Bachan?, New Guinea)
- *[Jamides aleuas](/source/Jamides_aleuas)* (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
- *[Jamides allectus](/source/Jamides_allectus)* (Grose-Smith, 1894)
- *[Jamides alsietus](/source/Jamides_alsietus)* (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
- *[Jamides amarauge](/source/Jamides_amarauge)* Druce, 1891 – amarauge cerulean (Darnley Island, Papua, New Guinea, West Irian?, Bougainville?, Shortlands, Gudalcanal, Florida Island)
- *[Jamides anops](/source/Jamides_anops)* (Doherty, 1891) Lesser Sunda Islands
- *[Jamides aratus](/source/Jamides_aratus)* (Stoll, [1781])
- *[Jamides areas](/source/Jamides_areas)* (Druce, 1891) Solomon Islands
- *[Jamides aritai](/source/Jamides_aritai)* Hayashi, [1977]
- *[Jamides aruensis](/source/Jamides_aruensis)* (Pagenstecher, 1884)
- *[Jamides biru](/source/Jamides_biru)* (Ribbe, 1926) Celebes
- *[Jamides bochus](/source/Jamides_bochus)* (Stoll, [1782]) – dark cerulean
- *[Jamides butleri](/source/Jamides_butleri)* (Rothschild, 1915) Obi Islands, Moluccas, Lease Islands, Gorong archipelago, Sula Islands, New Guinea
- *[Jamides caerulea](/source/Jamides_caerulea)* (Druce, 1873) – royal cerulean (Assam, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Java)
- *[Jamides callistus](/source/Jamides_callistus)* (Röber, 1886) Philippines, Borneo
- *[Jamides candrenus](/source/Jamides_candrenus)* (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- *[Jamides carissima](/source/Jamides_carissima)* (Butler, [1876]) New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands
- *[Jamides celebica](/source/Jamides_celebica)* (Eliot, 1969) Sulawesi
- *[Jamides celeno](/source/Jamides_celeno)* (Cramer, [1775]) – common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes)
- *[Jamides cephion](/source/Jamides_cephion)* Druce, 1891 Solomon Islands
- *[Jamides cleodus](/source/Jamides_cleodus)* (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – white cerulean (Assam, Burma)
- *[Jamides coritus](/source/Jamides_coritus)* (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
- *[Jamides coruscans](/source/Jamides_coruscans)* (Moore, 1877) – Ceylon cerulean (Sri Lanka)
- *[Jamides cunilda](/source/Jamides_cunilda)* (Snellen, 1896)
- *[Jamides cyta](/source/Jamides_cyta)* (Boisduval, 1832) − pale cerulean
- *[Jamides elioti](/source/Jamides_elioti)* Hirowatari & Cassidy, 1994 – Eliot's caerulean (Sulawesi)
- *[Jamides elpis](/source/Jamides_elpis)* (Godart, [1824]) – glistening cerulean (Assam, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes, Timor, Wetar?, Kissar)
- *[Jamides epilectus](/source/Jamides_epilectus)* (Grose-Smith, 1897) Fergusson Island
- *[Jamides euchylas](/source/Jamides_euchylas)* (Hübner, [1819]) Seram, Ambon, Saparua, Geser
- *[Jamides ferrari](/source/Jamides_ferrari)* Evans, 1932 − Ferrar's cerulean
- *[Jamides festivus](/source/Jamides_festivus)* (Röber, 1886)
- *[Jamides fractilinea](/source/Jamides_fractilinea)* Tite, 1960 Sulawesi, Sula Island
- *[Jamides goodenovii](/source/Jamides_goodenovii)* (Butler, 1876) Goodenough Island, Woodlark Island
- *[Jamides halus](/source/Jamides_halus)* Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi, Buru
- *[Jamides kankena](/source/Jamides_kankena)* (Felder, 1862) – glistening cerulean
- *[Jamides lacteata](/source/Jamides_lacteata)* (de Nicéville, 1895) – milky cerulean
- *[Jamides limes](/source/Jamides_limes)* (Druce, 1895)
- *[Jamides lucide](/source/Jamides_lucide)* de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo
- *[Jamides lugine](/source/Jamides_lugine)* (Druce, 1895)
- *[Jamides malaccanus](/source/Jamides_malaccanus)* (Röber, 1886)
- *[Jamides nemea](/source/Jamides_nemea)* (Felder, 1860) = *[Jamides cyta](/source/Jamides_cyta) nemea* (Felder, 1860)
- *[Jamides nemophilus](/source/Jamides_nemophilus)* (Butler, 1876) New Guinea, Fergusson, Goodenough, Trobriand, Darnley Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Rook Island
- *[Jamides nitens](/source/Jamides_nitens)* (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) New Guinea
- *[Jamides parasaturatus](/source/Jamides_parasaturatus)* (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
- *[Jamides petunia](/source/Jamides_petunia)* Druce, 1887
- *[Jamides phaseli](/source/Jamides_phaseli)* (Mathew, 1889)
- *[Jamides philatus](/source/Jamides_philatus)* (Snellen, 1878) – Burmese caerulean
- *[Jamides pseudosias](/source/Jamides_pseudosias)* (Rothschild, 1915) Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Seram, Misool, Ambon, Sulawesi, Sula Islands, New Guinea
- *[Jamides pulcherrima](/source/Jamides_pulcherrima)* Butler, 1884 New Hebrides
- *[Jamides puloensis](/source/Jamides_puloensis)* Tite, 1960 Borneo
- *[Jamides pura](/source/Jamides_pura)* (Moore, 1886) – white cerulean
- *[Jamides purpurata](/source/Jamides_purpurata)* Grose-Smith, 1894 1894 New Guinea, Manam, Karkar, Fergusson, Tagula Islands
- *[Jamides reverdini](/source/Jamides_reverdini)* (Fruhstorfer, 1915) New Guinea
- *[Jamides sabatus](/source/Jamides_sabatus)* (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
- *[Jamides schatzi](/source/Jamides_schatzi)* (Röber, 1886) Halmahera, Ternate, Kayoa, Bacan, Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Philippines
- *[Jamides seminiger](/source/Jamides_seminiger)* Grose-Smith, 1895 Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Buru, Seram, Ambon, Sula, Watubela Island, Kei Islands, Aru Islands
- *[Jamides snelleni](/source/Jamides_snelleni)* (Röber, 1886) – Snellen's cerulean (Celebes)
- *[Jamides soemias](/source/Jamides_soemias)* Druce, 1891 Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, Shortlands, Florida Island, Malaita, New Britain, Dampier Island, Vulcan Island
- *[Jamides suidas](/source/Jamides_suidas)* (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Philippines
- *[Jamides talinga](/source/Jamides_talinga)* (Kheil, 1884)
- *[Jamides tsukadai](/source/Jamides_tsukadai)* Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi
- *[Jamides uniformis](/source/Jamides_uniformis)* Rothschild, 1915 Admiralty Islands
- *[Jamides virgulatus](/source/Jamides_virgulatus)* (Druce, 1895)
- *[Jamides walkeri](/source/Jamides_walkeri)* Druce, 1892 1892 "South Pacific Islands", Austral Island
- *[Jamides yehi](/source/Jamides_yehi)* Eliot, 1995 Malaya
- *[Jamides zebra](/source/Jamides_zebra)* (Druce, 1895)

## References

1. [*Jamides*](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/jamides/index.html) at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

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