Jamides caerulea

Royal cerulean

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. caerulea
Binomial name
*Jamides caerulea* (Druce 1873)^[1]
Synonyms
Cupido caerulea Druce, 1873 Jamides caeruleus Lampides bochides de Nicéville, 1891 Lampides kankena metallica Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kankena selvagia Fruhstorfer, 1915

Jamides caerulea, the royal cerulean, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1873. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]^[3]

Subspecies

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↑ 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
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
↑ "Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873)" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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