Biology:Jameela

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Jameela is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2][3] It was split off from Erysichton in 2010,[1] with some sources not recognizing that change.[4] The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.[1][3]

Species

There are two recognized species:[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grund, Roger; Eastwood, Rod (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. 
  2. "Genus Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Jameela. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Savela, Markku. "Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/erysichton/#Jameela. 
  4. "Lycaeninae". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/237879. 

Further reading

  • Hirowatari, T., 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.
  • Tite, G. E., 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.

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