Jamides caerulea
| Royal cerulean | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Jamides |
| Species: | J. caerulea |
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| Jamides caerulea | |
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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]
Subspecies
[edit]- Jamides caerulea caerulea (Burma to Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo)
- Jamides caerulea metallica (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Java)
- Jamides caerulea selvagia (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Simalue)
See also
[edit]References
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Wikispecies has information related to Jamides caerulea.
- ↑ Druce, H. 1873. A list of the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 337–361, pls 32,33
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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