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Poritia phormedon

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Poritia phormedon
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species:
P. phormedon
Binomial name
Poritia phormedon

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

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  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". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. 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