''Jameela palmyra'', the marbled blue, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in along the coast of
Australia
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(from
Queensland to
New South Wales), as well as in
Indonesia,
New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands.
The
wingspan is about 20 mm. Adult males are iridescent blue, while females have white forewings with a black tip and a blue base. The hindwings of the female are blue with an arc of brown spots.
The larvae feed on ''
Amyema cambagei'' and ''
Dendrophthoe vitellina
''Dendrophthoe vitellina'', commonly known as long-flowered- or apostle mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae. The genus ''Dendrophthoe'' comprises about 31 species spread across tropical Africa, Asia, and Aust ...
''. They are green with a rusty suffusion. Pupation takes place in a pale brown pupa with a dark brown spots.
Australian Insects
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Subspecies
*''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
Butterflies described in 1860
Polyommatini
Butterflies of Oceania
Butterflies of Indonesia
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
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