Poritia philota

Poritia philota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Poritia
Species:	P. philota
Binomial name
	Poritia philota; Hewitson, 1874
Synonyms
	Poritia philota nicias Fruhstorfer, 1917; Poritia philota philota f. penumbrata Morrell, 1957; Poritia philota philota ♀-f. lugubris Eliot, 1957; Poritia philota philota ♀-f. ornata Eliot, 1957; Poritia phare Druce, 1895; Poritia philota sugimotoi Hayashi, 1978; Poritina m.f. talophi Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984;

Poritia philota is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Subspecies edit

Poritia philota philota (southern Myanmar, Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo)
Poritia philota phare Druce, 1895 (Philippines)
Poritia philota taimana Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Taiwan)
Poritia philota glennuydai Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Philippines: Luzon)
Poritia philota mindora Osada, 1994 (Philippines: Mindoro)
Poritia philota simoncolini H. Hayashi & N. Mohagan, 2017

^ Hewitson, W. C. (1874). "Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 22 (3): 343–355.
^ Seitz, A. (1912-1927). Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde. 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

Savela, Markku. "Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

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