Jameela palmyra, the marbled blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in along the coast of Australia (from Queensland to New South Wales), as well as in Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Jameela palmyra | |
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J. p. tasmanicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Jameela |
Species: | J. palmyra
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Binomial name | |
Jameela palmyra | |
Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- J. p. palmyra (Ambon, Serang, Obi, Bachan, Noemfor)
- J. p. clara Tite, 1963 (New Britain)
- J. p. coelia (Grose-Smith, 1894) (Aru, Waigeu, West Irian to Papua New Guinea)
- J. p. lateplaga Tite, 1963 (Solomon Islands: Florida Island, Roviana)
- J. p. tasmanicus (Miskin, 1890) (Tanimbar, Australia: Cape York to Lake Macquarie)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Jameela palmyra.
- ^ Erysichton at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera