''Chliaria'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
genus in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. The species of this genus are found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Chliaria balua''
Moulton, 1911 Borneo (Sarawak), Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya
* ''
Chliaria kina''
(Hewitson, 1869)
* ''
Chliaria othona
''Chliaria othona'', the orchid tit, is a species of Lycaenidae, lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.
The orchid tit is one of the rare butterflies belonging to the family Lycaenidae (Kehimkar, 2008). This butterfly is fairly common in nort ...
''
(Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Chliaria pahanga''
Corbet, 1938 Peninsular Malaya
* ''
Chliaria tora''
(Kheil, 1884) Nias, Sumatra
External links
"''Chliaria'' Moore, 1884"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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