# Jamides caerulea

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***Jamides caerulea***, the **royal cerulean**, is a small [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) that belongs to the [lycaenids or blues](/source/Lycaenidae) family. It was described by [Herbert Druce](/source/Herbert_Druce) in 1873. It is found in the [Indomalayan realm](/source/Indomalayan_realm).[2][3]

## Subspecies

- *Jamides caerulea caerulea* (Burma to Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo)
- *Jamides caerulea metallica* (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Java)
- *Jamides caerulea selvagia* (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Simalue)

## See also

- [List of butterflies of India](/source/List_of_butterflies_of_India)
- [List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)](/source/List_of_butterflies_of_India_(Lycaenidae))

## References

1. Druce, H. 1873. A list of the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo. *Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London* 1873: 337–361, pls 32,33

1. [Seitz, A.](/source/Adalbert_Seitz), 1912-1927. *Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde* 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

1. Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). ["*Jamides caerulea* (Druce, 1873)"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/jamides/#caerulea). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

- Evans, W.H. (1932). *The Identification of Indian Butterflies*. 2nd ed. Mumbai, India: [Bombay Natural History Society](/source/Bombay_Natural_History_Society)
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996). *Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System*. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
- Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). *Common Butterflies of India*. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). *The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History*. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). [*Butterflies of Peninsular India*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4C). India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). [*Butterflies of the Indian Region*](https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ). Bombay, India: [Bombay Natural History Society](/source/Bombay_Natural_History_Society). ISBN 978-8170192329.

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