Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Jamides alecto alocina Metallic Cerulean
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Other Name(s):	Jamides alecto eurysaces (C. Felder, 1890)
Description:	Wingspan about 35 to 40mm. Sexual dimorphism. They occur in November.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Very Rare

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Victoria Peak, Fung Yuen, Chuen Lung, Mui Wo Global Distribution Nepal, Northeast India, Burma, Thailand, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.

Hill, D.S., Johnson, G., Bascombe, M.J. 1978. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 11: 1-62.