''Jameela palmyra'', the marbled blue, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

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. It is found in along the coast of

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(from

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), as well as in

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and the

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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 Cajetan von Felder {{Polyommatini-stub