Jamides elpis

Glistening cerulean
Underside
Upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. elpis
Binomial name
Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824]) [1]
Synonyms
Polyommatus elpisGodart, [1824] Lampides elpis ab. chineeTytler, 1912 Lampides kondulana phaligaFruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana sydraFruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana baweanaFruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana gerraFruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides pseudelpisButler, 1879 Lampides atinaFruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana saundaFruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides kondulana comedaFruhstorfer, 1916

Close wing position of Jamides elpis Godart, 1824 – Glistening Cerulean

Jamides elpis, the glistening cerulean, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1824. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Beneath with almost purely white stripes; in eastern specimens these stripes beneath are very finely darkened with a whitish grey. The larger specimens belong to the rainy season, whilst those of the dry season are distinguished more by their small size than by a different colouring or marking. ^[2]

The larvae feed on Lepisanthes , Boesenbergia and Elettaria species.

Subspecies

• Jamides elpis elpis (western Java)
• Jamides elpis sydra(Fruhstorfer, 1916) (eastern Java)
• Jamides elpis baweana(Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Bawean)
• Jamides elpis gerra(Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Palawan)
• Jamides elpis pseudelpis(Butler, 1879) (Burma, Thailand to Singapore)
• Jamides elpis saunda(Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Obi)
• Jamides elpis comeda(Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Tanahdjampea)

References

1. Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329–828. Paris.
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Jamides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms