Poritia pleurata

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iGreen Gem

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Poritia
Species:	P. pleurata

Binomial name

Poritia pleurata
(Hewitson, 1874)

The Green Gem (Poritia pleurata)^[1] is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family^[2].

1 Range
2 Status
3 Description
4 Cited references
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Range

It ranges from Manipur in India to Myanmar^[2].

[edit] Status

Rare as per Wynter-Blyth^[2].

[edit] Description

A small butterfly, 30 to 40 mm in 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^[2].

[edit] Cited references

^ Card for species pleurata in LepIndex. Accessed 05 December 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 252.

[edit] References

Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 04 December 2006].
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.