Poritia philota

Poritia philota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Poritia
Species:	P. philota
Binomial name
Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874 [1]
Synonyms
Poritia philota niciasFruhstorfer, 1917 Poritia philota philota f. penumbrataMorrell, 1957 Poritia philota philota ♀-f. lugubrisEliot, 1957 Poritia philota philota ♀-f. ornataEliot, 1957 Poritia phareDruce, 1895 Poritia philota sugimotoiHayashi, 1978 Poritina m.f. talophiHayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984

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.Above the males are very similar to some forms of erycinoides , but whereas the latter have an under surface traversed by light undulate arcuate stripes, the male of philota is dark brown, traversed by still darker arcuate transverse lines. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Poritia philota philota (southern Myanmar, Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo)
• Poritia philota phareDruce, 1895 (Philippines)
• Poritia philota taimanaFruhstorfer, 1917 (Taiwan)
• Poritia philota glennuydaiSchröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Philippines: Luzon)
• Poritia philota mindoraOsada, 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.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 30, 2018.