Poritia pleurata

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Green 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, Myanmar and South Asia[2] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family[3].

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[edit] Range

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].

[edit] Status

Rare as per Wynter-Blyth[3].

[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[3].

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Card for species pleurata in LepIndex. Accessed 05 December 2006.
  2. ^ a b Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Poritia (Lycaenidae).
  3. ^ a b c d Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 252.

[edit] References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.Online

Online

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] (accessed 26 September 2007).
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2] (accessed 26 September 2007)

[edit] See also

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