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. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Poritia |
Species: | P. pleurata
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Binomial name | |
Poritia pleurata (
Hewitson, 1874)
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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]
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]
Rare as per Wynter-Blyth. [3]
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]
Online
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. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Poritia |
Species: | P. pleurata
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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]
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]
Rare as per Wynter-Blyth. [3]
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]
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