Cheritrini

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Cheritrini
Common Imperial, Cheritra freja
Common Imperial, Cheritra freja
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Cheritrini
Genera

Cheritra
Cheritrella
Drupadia
Ritra
Ticherra

The Cheritrini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Several of the species are called imperials. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary.