Poritia philota

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]

Poritia philota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species:
P. philota
Binomial name
Poritia philota
Synonyms
  • Poritia philota nicias Fruhstorfer, 1917
  • Poritia philota philota f. penumbrata Morrell, 1957
  • Poritia philota philota ♀-f. lugubris Eliot, 1957
  • Poritia philota philota ♀-f. ornata Eliot, 1957
  • Poritia phare Druce, 1895
  • Poritia philota sugimotoi Hayashi, 1978
  • Poritina m.f. talophi Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984

Subspecies
  • 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
  1. 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.
  2. Seitz, A. (1912-1927). Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde. 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Savela, Markku. "Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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