Poritia philota is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Poritia |
Species: | P. philota
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Subspecies
edit- Poritia philota philota (southern Myanmar, Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo)
- Poritia philota phare Druce, 1895 (Philippines)
- Poritia philota taimana Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Taiwan)
- Poritia philota glennuydai Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Philippines: Luzon)
- Poritia philota mindora Osada, 1994 (Philippines: Mindoro)
- Poritia philota simoncolini H. Hayashi & N. Mohagan, 2017
References
edit- ^ Hewitson, W. C. (1874). "Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 22 (3): 343–355.
- ^ Seitz, A. (1912-1927). Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde. 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Poritia philota.
- Savela, Markku. "Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 30, 2018.