Jamides caeruleus

Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ♂, ♀, Brunei

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Jamides
Species: Jamides caeruleus
Subspecies: (3)
J. c. caeruleus – J. c. metallica – J. c. selvagia

Name

Jamides caeruleus (H. Druce, 1873).

Type locality: Borneo.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Cupido caerulea H. Druce, 1873: 349, pl. 32, fig. 6.
• Lampides bochides de Nicéville, 1891: 367, pl. F, fig. 15 ♂, SE Borneo.
• Lampides kankena bochides Seitz, 1923: 907, pl. 151a, fig. 4 ♂.
• Jamides caeruleus caeruleus Riley & Corbet, 1938: 153, fig. 16.
• Jamides caerulea (Druce) D'Abrera, 1986: 645.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L. 1891. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 341–398, pls F,G.. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D. & Corbet, A. S., 1938. A Revision of the Malayan Species of Jamides Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. London 87(5): 147-159. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 

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