Cheritra

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Cheritra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Cheritrini
Genus: Cheritra
Moore, [1881] [1]

Cheritra is the genus of "typical" imperials, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

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Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility [2] lists:

  1. Cheritra aenea Semper, 1890 - Philippines
  2. Cheritra aenigma Cowan, 1967 - Sumatra
  3. Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793) – common imperial (includes Cheritra pallida)
  4. Cheritra jafra (Godart, 1823)
  5. Cheritra orpheus (Felder, 1862)
  6. Cheritra pseudojafra Moore, 1881
  7. Cheritra regia Evans, 1925
  8. Cheritra teunga Grose-Smith

References

  1. ↑ Moore F (1881) The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. 1.
  2. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Cheritra Moore, 1881 (retrieved 7 April 2025)
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