Poritia plateni

Poritia plateni
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species:
P. plateni
Binomial name
Poritia plateni

Poritia plateni is an Indomalayan butterfly found on Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Thailand and in the Philippines that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[1] Above the male is somewhat like sumatrae (154 h), but beneath both wings are white with a rusty-red distal margin and all over covered with black dots[2]

References

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  1. ^ Poritia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
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