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Jamides phaseli

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Jamides phaseli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jamides
Species:
J. phaseli
Binomial name
Jamides phaseli
(Mathew, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lampides phaseli Mathew, 1889
  • Lycaena oranigra Lucas, 1889

Jamides phaseli, the dark cerulean, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Gervase Frederick Mathew in 1889. It is found in north-eastern Australia,[2] from Cape York to south-eastern Queensland, as well as in the Northern Territory. It is also present on the Torres Strait Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Mathew, 1889 Descriptions and life-histories of new species of Rhopalocera from the Western Pacific Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1889 (2) : 311-315
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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