Poritia sumatrae
| Poritia sumatrae | |
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| 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
- Poritia sumatrae sumatrae (southern Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra)
- Poritia sumatrae milia Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Borneo)
Description
The male is above similar to elegans, but the apical black is extended over almost two thirds of the forewing. The female exhibits those portions of the wings, that are not blue, tinted deep rust-brown. The under surface is also rusty-yellow, traversed by red-brown, somewhat undulate, narrow arcuate bands.[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Poritia sumatrae.
- Poritia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms