Jamides cleodus

"White cerulean" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Jamides pura.

Jamides cleodus, the white cerulean, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder in 1865.

White cerulean
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. cleodus
Binomial name
Jamides cleodus (C. Felder, 1865)

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: 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. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

External links

• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Jamides". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 24, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.