Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Jamides
Species: Jamides elpis
Subspecies: (9)
J. e. baweana – J. e. croculana – J. e. elpis – J. e. eurysthenes – J. e. jetavanus – J. e. luniger – J. e. phaliga – J. e. pseudelpis – J. e. sydra

Jamides elpis elpis ♀, Java, Alan Cassidy photo.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name edit

Jamides elpis (Godart), [1824].

Type locality: Java (West).

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy edit

  • Polyommatus elpis Godart, [1824]: 654.
  • Lampides piepersi Fruhstorfer, [1916]: 43. Synonymised by Riley, 1938.
  • Jamides elpis (Godart); Hirowatari, 1992: 49.

References edit

  • 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. Reference page
  • Fruhstorfer, H., [1916]. Revision der Gattung Lampides auf Grand anatomischer Untersuchungen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)81(6): 1–46, 1 text-fig., 4 pls. text, plates. Reference page
  • Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page

Vernacular names edit

বাংলা: খালসা সুরুল
English: glistening cerulean
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