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)

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