Folks, there are eight species of Ceruleans (Jamides) in India. Two of them (Jamides ferrari – Nicobar Cerulean (=Ferrar's Cerulean) and Jamides kankena – Frosted Cerulean) are endemic to the Nicobar Islands, and six occur on the mainland (of which several subspecies occur in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands). Those six mainland species now have their species pages, with pictures, on Butterflies of India website:
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/228-jamides-dp2 Their upper sides have key distinguishing features, pictures of which we will upload in the near future. With best wishes, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Post-doctoral Research Fellow FAS Center for Systems Biology Harvard University 52 Oxford St., Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Ph: (617) 496-0078, Cell: (512) 577-1370, Fax: (617) 495-2196 Email: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh -- Enjoy
