Poritia pleurata

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Green gem
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From William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, figures 3 and 4 are male and 5 is female.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species:
P. pleurata
Binomial name
Poritia pleurata
(Hewitson, 1874)

Poritia pleurata, the green gem, [1] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South Asia [2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [3]

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Range

It ranges from Manipur in India to Myanmar. [3] As per Savela it is found in Manipur, Burma, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya and Langkawi Islands. [2]

Status

Rare as per Wynter-Blyth. [3]

Description

It is a small butterfly with a 30 to 40 mm wingspan. The basal half or more of the cell in upper forewing is blue. There are apical and terminal spots in 2 and 3, though these may be absent in the dry-season form. The upper forewing of the females do not have a yellow patch. [3]

See also

Cited references

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Poritia pleurata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Poritia (Lycaenidae).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 252. ISBN   978-8170192329.

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