''Poritia'' is a genus of lycaenid

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. The species of this genus are found in the

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. ''Poritia'' was erected by

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in 1887.

Species

*'' Poritia erycinoides'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) *'' Poritia fruhstorferi'' Corbet, 1940 *'' Poritia hewitsoni'' Moore,

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/small> **''Poritia hewitsoni ampsaga'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 **''Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni'' **''Poritia hewitsoni kiyokoae'' Morita & Yago, 2004 **''Poritia hewitsoni solitaria'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 **''Poritia hewitsoni taleva'' Corbet, 1940 **''Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana'' Doherty, 1889 *'' Poritia ibrahimi'' Eliot & Kirton, 2000 *'' Poritia karennia'' Evans, 1921 *'' Poritia kinoshitai'' Hayashi, 1976 *''

Poritia languana ''Poritia'' is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. ''Poritia'' was erected by Frederic Moore in 1887. Species *'' Poritia erycinoides'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) *'' Poritia fruhsto ...

'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1986 *'' Poritia manilia'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 *''

Poritia palos ''Poritia'' is a genus of Lycaenidae, lycaenid butterflies. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. ''Poritia'' was erected by Frederic Moore in 1887. Species *''Poritia erycinoides'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) *''Poriti ...

'' Osada, 1987 *'' Poritia personata'' Osada, 1994 *'' Poritia phalena'' (Hewitson, 1874) (mostly placed in '' Simiskina'') *''

Poritia phama ''Poritia phama'' is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (26 October 1866 – 21 June ...

'' H. H. Druce, 1895 *'' Poritia philota'' Hewitson, 1874 *'' Poritia phormedon'' H. H. Druce, 1895 *'' Poritia plateni'' Staudinger, 1889 *'' Poritia pleurata'' Hewitson, 1874 *'' Poritia promula'' Hewitson, 1874 *'' Poritia sumatrae'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)

References

*, 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London''. 90: 337–350, 1 pl., 21 figs. *, 1948. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 1. ''Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' (B) 17 (7/8) :93-97. *, 1957. Notes on the genus ''Poritia'' Moore. ''Entomologist'' 90: 70–74, 18 figs. *, 1980. New information on the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. ''The Malay Nature Journal'' 33 (3/4): 137: 155. *, 1986. Additions and nomenclatural changes to the Lycaenid and Hesperiid butterflires of the Malay Peninsula. ''Malayan Nature Journal'' 39: 221–224. *, 1919. Revision der Gattung ''Poritia'' auf Grund der Morphologie der Generatsionsorgane. ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. (A) 83 (2)
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On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 1865
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823, 3 pls. * , 2004: A new subspecies of ''Poritia hewitsoni'' from Langkawi and its surrounding islands, Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ''Futao'' 47: 16–19. * , 2010: Two new subspecies of Poritia erycinoides () from Anambas Isls., Indonesia, and Langkawi Is., Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ''Futao'' 56: 17–19. * 1994: A further contribution to a knowledge on Poritiinae from Sulawesi, Indonesia. ''Futao'' 15: 5-13. * 1994: New subspecies of ''Poritia'' from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Futao'' 15: 14–15. * * 1994: Descriptions of new Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Paramalaya (1). ''Futao'' 15: 20–25. *, 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. ''Tyô to Ga'' 40 (1): 23–80. Abstract and full article

*, 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' Suppl. 14: 7–118. * , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64.

External links

* * * With images.
"''Poritia'' Moore 1886"
''Tree of Life Web Project''. *Inayoshi, Y. & Saito, K. (November 30, 2019)

''A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China''. Poritia, Poritiinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Poritiinae-stub