Jamides alecto

Jamides alecto

Taxobox
name = Metallic Cerulean


image_caption = at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Jamides"
species = "J. alecto"
binomial = "Jamides alecto"
binomial_authority = (C. Felder 1860)

The Metallic Cerulean ("Jamides alecto") is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

References

* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
* Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
* Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

External links

* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/philframe.html Asahi] Correctly determined photos of "J. alecto" from the Philippines

ee also

*Lycaenidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)


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