Nacaduba beroe (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) - Opaque Six-Lineblue
(1) Nacaduba beroe gythion Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Assam Opaque Six-Lineblue
Monodontides musina (Snellen, 1892) - Grey Hedge Blue
(1) Monodontides musina musinoides (Swinhoe, 1910) – Myanmarese Grey Hedge Blue. It is also known as Swinhoe's Hedge Blue.
Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828]) - Malayan
(1) Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore, [1881] – Tailless Malayan. This was earlier treated as a distinct species on this website. Recent work (male genitalia and molecular sequencing) has confirmed this to be a subspecies of Megisba malaya – Malayan, after all.
(2) Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884 – Variable Malayan
(3) Megisba malaya presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918 – Andaman Malayan
(2) Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884 – Variable Malayan
(3) Megisba malaya presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918 – Andaman Malayan
Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) - White-banded Hedge Blue
No subspecies are listed under this species.
Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) - Zebra Blue
(1) Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Zebra Blue
Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) - Pea Blue
No subspecies are listed under this species.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Jamides spp - - Cerulean spp.
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
(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.
The subspecies pura is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824]) - Glistening Cerulean
(1) Jamides elpis pseudelpis (Butler, [1879]) – False Glistening Cerulean
Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) - Common Cerulean
(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