Poritia sumatrae
Appearance
Poritia sumatrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Poritia |
Species: | P. sumatrae
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Binomial name | |
Poritia sumatrae | |
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Poritia sumatrae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
In English, the species goes by the common names Dark Grass Blue or Spotted Grass-blue.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Poritia sumatrae sumatrae (southern Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra)
- Poritia sumatrae milia Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Borneo)
References
[edit]- ^ Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
- ^ "Dark Grass Blue - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
External links
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Poritia sumatrae.
- Poritia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms