Poritia pleurata

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

Last updated January 05, 2026

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]

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]

Cited references

↑ 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.
1 2 Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Poritia (Lycaenidae).
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.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

References

Print

Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Online

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".

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[LepIndex_pleurata-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.

[Funet.fi-2] 1 2 Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Poritia (Lycaenidae).

[Wynter-Blyth-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.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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