Jamides caerulea

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]

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

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
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)