Jamides elpis

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.[2]

Jamides elpis
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 elpis Godart, [1824]
  • Lampides elpis ab. chinee Tytler, 1912
  • Lampides kondulana phaliga Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides kondulana sydra Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides kondulana baweana Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides kondulana gerra Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides pseudelpis Butler, 1879
  • Lampides atina Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides kondulana saunda Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides kondulana comeda Fruhstorfer, 1916
Close wing position of Jamides elpis Godart, 1824 – Glistening Cerulean

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