94. Jamides celeno aelianus (The Common Cerulean)

Number: 94

Family: Lycaeniidae
Sub-Family: Polyommatiinae

Species: Jamides celeno aelianus (Fabricius, 1793)

Common name(s): The Common Cerulean

Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.), Ba Vi N.P. (Hanoi)

This species is common along forest streams and at forest edges.  Males are often found mud-puddling, and both sexes are seen feeding from flowers of small shrubs. The dry and wet season forms are strikingly different.

A male (wet season form) from Cuc Phuong, June 2015

Note the presence of the "spike" on the hindwing space 1b that indicates that it is a Jamides species

Jamides celeno, Cuc Phuong, June 2015

Jamides celeno, Cuc Phuong, June 2015

Jamides celeno (dry season form), Ba Vi, December 2016

Very pale underwing, obvious in flight