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''Cheritra freja'', the common imperial, is a small 
File:Eggs of Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial WLB P2A0824.jpg, Eggs
File:Cheritra freja - Common Imperial caterpillar on the leaves of Xylia xylocarpa 10.jpg, Larvae
File:Common Imperial Pupa (3696513718).jpg, Chrysalis
File:Common Imperial pupa before emergence (3696514264).jpg, Chrysalis
File:Common Imperial UP.jpg, Imago (dorsal view)
File:Close wing position of Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial WLB DSC 0024 (5).jpg, Imago (ventral view)
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
found in India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
, Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
that belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
(Lycaenidae).
Subspecies
The subspecies of ''Cheritra freja'' are- * ''Cheritra freja freja'' - Myanmar, Thailand * ''Cheritra freja butleri'' Cowan, 1965 – south India * ''Cheritra freja evansi'' Cowan, 1965 – northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam * ''Cheritra freja fracta'' Cowan, 1967 – Bangka * ''Cheritra freja frigga'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 – peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra * ''Cheritra freja jafra'' (Godart,824
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Year 824 ( DCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...
– Java, Bali
* ''Cheritra freja pallida'' (Druce, 1873) – Borneo, Pulau Laut
* ''Cheritra freja pseudojafra'' Moore, 881
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Year 881 ( DCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* February 12 – King Charles the Fat, the third son of the late Louis the German, is crowned as Holy Roman Emper ...
– Sri Lanka
* ''Cheritra freja sabanga'' Toxopeus, 1929 – Pulau Weh
Description
The butterfly has a brown upperside with white bands. The hindwings consist of a tail. It is coloured from pale yellow to white on the lower side with black margins.See also
*List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, is ...
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
This list is based on Evans (1932) and includes 318 species bel ...
References