Poritia pleurata

Green Gem
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
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].

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

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].

Status

Rare as per Wynter-Blyth^[3].

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].

Cited references

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

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)