''Poritia sumatrae'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 ...

. It was described by

Cajetan Felder Baron Cajetan von Felder (; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878. Life and career Felder was born in Wieden, today the fourth dis ...

and

Rudolf Felder Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes ...

in 1865. It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

. In English, the species goes by the common names ''Dark Grass Blue'' or ''Spotted Grass-blue''.

Subspecies

*''Poritia sumatrae sumatrae'' (southern Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra) *''Poritia sumatrae milia'' Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Borneo)

References

External links

''Poritia''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Poritia Butterflies described in 1865 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Poritiinae-stub