Jameela palmyra
Appearance
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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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.
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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- ^ Erysichton at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera