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Poritia sumatrae

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Poritia sumatrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species:
P. sumatrae
Binomial name
Poritia sumatrae
Synonyms
  • Pseudodipsas sumatrae C. & R. Felder, 1865

Poritia sumatrae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

In English, the species goes by the common names Dark Grass Blue or Spotted Grass-blue.[3]

Subspecies

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

References

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  1. ^ Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  3. ^ "Dark Grass Blue - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
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  • Poritia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms