Butterfly

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) - Pea Blue

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No subspecies are listed under this species.

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Jamides spp - - Cerulean spp.

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Nearly a dozen species of Jamides occur in India. Distinguishing between many of them is possible only by inspecting the upper sides of specimens in hand. Hence, they cannot be identified easily from images of undersides alone. This page holds all the Jamides images where species identification is uncertain. Individual species pages exist for most of the Indian Jamides, see them on the Jamides genus page.

Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) - White Cerulean

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(1) Jamides pura pura (Moore, 1886) – Continental White Cerulean

The subspecies pura is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824]) - Glistening Cerulean

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(1) Jamides elpis pseudelpis (Butler, [1879]) – False Glistening Cerulean

Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) - Common Cerulean

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(1) Jamides celeno celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – Oriental Common Cerulean
(2) Jamides celeno blairana Evans, 1925 – Andaman Common Cerulean
(3) Jamides celeno kinkurka Felder, 1862 – Car Nicobar Common Cerulean
(4) Jamides celeno nicevillei Evans, 1925 – Great Nicobar Common Cerulean

Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873) - Royal Cerulean

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(1) Jamides caerulea caerulea (Druce, 1873) – Oriental Royal Cerulean

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) - Dark Cerulean

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(1) Jamides bochus bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – Indian Dark Cerulean
(2) Jamides bochus nicobaricus de Nicéville, 1890 – Nicobar Dark Cerulean

Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860) - Metallic Cerulean

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(1) Jamides alecto eurysaces Fruhstorfer, 1915 – Himalayan Metallic Cerulean
(2) Jamides alecto fusca Evans, 1932 – Andaman Metallic Cerulean
(3) Jamides alecto kondulana Felder, 1862 – Nicobar Metallic Cerulean

Ionolyce helicon (C. Felder, 1860) - Pointed Lineblue

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(1) Ionolyce helicon viola (Moore, 1877) – Sri Lankan Pointed Lineblue
(2) Ionolyce helicon merguiana (Moore, 1884) – Mergui Pointed Lineblue
(3) Ionolyce helicon brunnea (Evans, 1932) – Andaman Pointed Lineblue
(4) Ionolyce helicon kondulana (Evans, 1932) – Nicobar Pointed Lineblue

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845) - Orange-spotted Grass Jewel

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(1) Freyeria trochylus orientalis Forster, 1980 – Asian Orange-spotted Grass Jewel. This was earlier listed as the nominotypical subspecies Freyeria trochylus trochylus (Freyer, 1845), which largely occurs in Africa. However, specimens from India match the description of Freyeria trochylus orientalis, described from Nepal, hence the Indian populations are now listed under this new subspecies.