Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Jamides
Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860) – Metallic Cerulean
Subspecies in India:
(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
kondulana, which is often treated as a subspecies of alecto, is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Jamides alecto eurysaces – Himalayan Metallic Cerulean
Behavioural images
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Boesenbergia rotunda (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Curcuma aeruginosa (Robinson et al. 2010), Elettaria cardamomum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Zingiber zerumbet (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (Zingiberaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
kondulana, which is often treated as a subspecies of alecto, is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
kondulana, which is often treated as a subspecies of alecto, is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Jamides
Cite this page along with its URL as:
K. Saji. 2021. Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860) – Metallic Cerulean. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.15. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/943/Jamides-alecto
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