Poritia phormedon

Short description: Species of butterfly

Poritia phormedon

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Poritia
Species:  |

P. phormedon

Binomial name
Poritia phormedon

H. H. Druce, 1895[1]

Poritia phormedon is an Indomalayan butterfly endemic to Borneo that belongs to the lycaenids, the blues family.[2][3] Poritia phormedon was described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895.Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz ( page 1008 plate 34 fig.i) provides a description differentiating phormedon from neighbouring taxa. [4]

## References

1. ↑ Druce, Hamilton H. (1895). "A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae".Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
2. ↑ Savela, Markku (August 25, 2016). "Poritia phormedon Druce, 1895". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/poritia/#phormedon. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
3. ↑ Seki, Y.; Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K. (1991). Butterflies of Borneo. 2 (1) Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
4. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

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