Poritia plateni

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Poritia plateni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species:
P. plateni
Binomial name
Poritia plateni
Staudinger, 1889

Poritia plateni is an Indomalayan butterfly found on Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Thailand and in the Philippines that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [1]

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References

  1. Poritia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms