Jamides
# Jamides

Jamides, commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm.

## Species

Listed alphabetically:

* Jamides abdul (Distant, 1886)
* Jamides aetherialis (Butler, 1884) Moluccas, Raja Ampat Islands, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Solomon Islands
* Jamides alecto (Felder, 1860) – metallic cerulean (Ceylon, southern India, Sikkim, Burma, Malaysia, Ambon, Serang, Obi?, Bachan?, New Guinea)
* Jamides aleuas (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
* Jamides allectus (Grose-Smith, 1894)
* Jamides alsietus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
* Jamides amarauge Druce, 1891 – amarauge cerulean (Darnley Island, Papua, New Guinea, West Irian?, Bougainville?, Shortlands, Gudalcanal, Florida Island)
* Jamides anops (Doherty, 1891) Lesser Sunda Islands
* Jamides aratus (Stoll, [1781])
* Jamides areas (Druce, 1891) Solomon Islands
* Jamides aritai Hayashi, [1977]
* Jamides aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
* Jamides biru (Ribbe, 1926) Celebes
* Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – dark cerulean
* Jamides butleri (Rothschild, 1915) Obi Islands, Moluccas, Lease Islands, Gorong archipelago, Sula Islands, New Guinea
* Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873) – royal cerulean (Assam, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Java)
* Jamides callistus (Röber, 1886) Philippines, Borneo
* Jamides candrenus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Jamides carissima (Butler, [1876]) New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands
* Jamides celebica (Eliot, 1969) Sulawesi
* Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes)
* Jamides cephion Druce, 1891 Solomon Islands
* Jamides cleodus (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – white cerulean (Assam, Burma)
* Jamides coritus (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
* Jamides coruscans (Moore, 1877) – Ceylon cerulean (Sri Lanka)
* Jamides cunilda (Snellen, 1896)
* Jamides cyta (Boisduval, 1832) − pale cerulean
* Jamides elioti Hirowatari & Cassidy, 1994 – Eliot's caerulean (Sulawesi)
* Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824]) – glistening cerulean (Assam, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes, Timor, Wetar?, Kissar)
* Jamides epilectus (Grose-Smith, 1897) Fergusson Island
* Jamides euchylas (Hübner, [1819]) Seram, Ambon, Saparua, Geser
* Jamides ferrari Evans, 1932 − Ferrar's cerulean
* Jamides festivus (Röber, 1886)
* Jamides fractilinea Tite, 1960 Sulawesi, Sula Island
* Jamides goodenovii (Butler, 1876) Goodenough Island, Woodlark Island
* Jamides halus Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi, Buru
* Jamides kankena (Felder, 1862) – glistening cerulean
* Jamides lacteata (de Nicéville, 1895) – milky cerulean
* Jamides limes (Druce, 1895)
* Jamides lucide de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo
* Jamides lugine (Druce, 1895)
* Jamides malaccanus (Röber, 1886)
* Jamides nemea (Felder, 1860) = Jamides cyta nemea (Felder, 1860)
* Jamides nemophilus (Butler, 1876) New Guinea, Fergusson, Goodenough, Trobriand, Darnley Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Rook Island
* Jamides nitens (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) New Guinea
* Jamides parasaturatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
* Jamides petunia Druce, 1887
* Jamides phaseli (Mathew, 1889)
* Jamides philatus (Snellen, 1878) – Burmese caerulean
* Jamides pseudosias (Rothschild, 1915) Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Seram, Misool, Ambon, Sulawesi, Sula Islands, New Guinea
* Jamides pulcherrima Butler, 1884 New Hebrides
* Jamides puloensis Tite, 1960 Borneo
* Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) – white cerulean
* Jamides purpurata Grose-Smith, 1894 1894 New Guinea, Manam, Karkar, Fergusson, Tagula Islands
* Jamides reverdini (Fruhstorfer, 1915) New Guinea
* Jamides sabatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
* Jamides schatzi (Röber, 1886) Halmahera, Ternate, Kayoa, Bacan, Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Philippines
* Jamides seminiger Grose-Smith, 1895 Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Buru, Seram, Ambon, Sula, Watubela Island, Kei Islands, Aru Islands
* Jamides snelleni (Röber, 1886) – Snellen's cerulean (Celebes)
* Jamides soemias Druce, 1891 Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, Shortlands, Florida Island, Malaita, New Britain, Dampier Island, Vulcan Island
* Jamides suidas (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Philippines
* Jamides talinga (Kheil, 1884)
* Jamides tsukadai Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi
* Jamides uniformis Rothschild, 1915 Admiralty Islands
* Jamides virgulatus (Druce, 1895)
* Jamides walkeri Druce, 1892 1892 "South Pacific Islands", Austral Island
* Jamides yehi Eliot, 1995 Malaya
* Jamides zebra (Druce, 1895)
