The common cerulean, or Jamides celeno, is a tiny butterfly of the lycaenid or blue family that is found in the Indo-Malayan region. Pieter Cramer gave the species’ first description in 1775.

Systematic Position

• Domain      : Eukaryota
• Kingdom :Animalia
• Phylum      :Arthropoda
• Class     :Insecta
• Order      :Lepidoptera
• Family       :Lycaenidae
• Genus       : Jamides
• Species       : celeno