Jameela

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Jameela
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Jameela
Grund & Eastwood, 2010

Jameela is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. [1]

Species

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References

  1. Grund, Roger; Eastwood, Rod (March 23, 2010), "New Australian butterfly genus Jameela gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae: Polyommatini) revealed by morphological, ecological and molecular data", Entomological Science, Wiley-Blackwell, 13 (1): 134–143, doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00368.x, S2CID   84539645