''Jameela'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae.
Species
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Jameela albiplaga''
Tite, 1963
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Jameela palmyra
''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.
The wingspan i ...
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(Felder, 1860) (
type species)
References
* 2010: "New Australian butterfly genus ''Jameela'' gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae: Polyommatini) revealed by morphological, ecological and molecular data". ''Entomological Science'' 13 (1): 134-143. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00368.x
Abstract
*, 1992. "A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)". ''Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture'', Series B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
*, 1963. "A synonymic list of the genus ''Nacaduba'' and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology'' 13(4):67-116, 91 figs., pls. 1,2.
Polyommatini
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