Poritia

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Poritia

Poritia phama
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Subfamily:  | Poritiinae
Tribe:  | Poritiini
Genus:  | Poritia
Moore, [1866]

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

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* Poritia erycinoides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
* Poritia fruhstorferi Corbet, 1940
* Poritia hewitsoni Moore, [1866]
* 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 Schröder & Treadaway, 1986
* Poritia manilia Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Poritia palos Osada, 1987
* Poritia personata Osada, 1994
* Poritia phalena (Hewitson, 1874) (mostly placed in Simiskina)
* Poritia phama 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

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* Corbet, A. S., 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.
* Corbet, A. S., 1948. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 1. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 17 (7/8) :93-97.
* Eliot, J. N., 1957. Notes on the genus Poritia Moore. Entomologist 90: 70–74, 18 figs.
* Eliot, J. N., 1980. New information on the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. The Malay Nature Journal 33 (3/4): 137: 155.
* Eliot, J. N., 1986. Additions and nomenclatural changes to the Lycaenid and Hesperiid butterflires of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Journal 39: 221–224.
* Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Gattung Poritia auf Grund der Morphologie der Generatsionsorgane. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. (A) 83 (2): 77-101.
* Moore, F., [1866]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865: 755-823, 3 pls.
* Morita, S. & M. Yago, 2004: A new subspecies of Poritia hewitsoni Moore from Langkawi and its surrounding islands, Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 47: 16–19.
* Morita, S. & M. Yago, 2010: Two new subspecies of Poritia erycinoides (C. & R. Felder) from Anambas Isls., Indonesia, and Langkawi Is., Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 56: 17–19.
* Osada, S. 1994: A further contribution to a knowledge on Poritiinae from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Futao 15: 5-13.
* Osada, S. 1994: New subspecies of Poritia from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Futao 15: 14–15.
* Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Poritiinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
* Seki, Y. 1994: Descriptions of new Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Paramalaya (1). Futao 15: 20–25.
* Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40 (1): 23–80. Abstract and full article: [1].
* Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.
* Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heintz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

## External links

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* Media related to Poritia at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Poritia at Wikispecies
* Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Poritia". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 16, 2000 - via Internet Archive. With images.
* "Poritia Moore 1886". Tree of Life Web Project.
* Inayoshi, Y. & Saito, K. (November 30, 2019). "Family Lycaenidae Subfamily Poritiinae". A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China.

Taxon identifiers

Poritia|

* Wikidata: Q681195
* Wikispecies: Poritia
* BioLib: 624773
* BOLD: 25560
* ButMoth: 23711.0
* CoL: 63Q8J
* EoL: 32493
* GBIF: 1927317
* iNaturalist: 371592
* IRMNG: 1297911
* LepIndex: 194652
* NCBI: 124382
* Open Tree of Life: 916817

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