Jamides elpis

Jamides elpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. elpis
Binomial name
Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824])[1]
Synonyms
Polyommatus elpis Godart, [1824] Lampides elpis ab. chinee Tytler, 1912 Lampides kondulana phaliga Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana sydra Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana baweana Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana gerra Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides pseudelpis Butler, 1879 Lampides atina Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana saunda Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana comeda Fruhstorfer, 1916

Jamides elpis, the glistening cerulean, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1824. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Lepisanthes, Boesenbergia and Elettaria species.

Subspecies

• Jamides elpis elpis (western Java)
• Jamides elpis sydra (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (eastern Java)
• Jamides elpis baweana (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Bawean)
• Jamides elpis gerra (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Palawan)
• Jamides elpis pseudelpis (Butler, 1879) (Burma, Thailand to Singapore)
• Jamides elpis saunda (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Obi)
• Jamides elpis comeda (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Tanahdjampea)

References

1. ↑ Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329–828. Paris.
2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

External links

• Jamides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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