''Poritia'' is a genus of

lycaenid 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 ...

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. 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 ...

. ''Poritia'' was erected by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1887.

Species

*'' Poritia erycinoides'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) *'' Poritia fruhstorferi'' Corbet, 1940 *''

Poritia hewitsoni ''Poritia hewitsoni'', the common gem, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam

'' Moore,

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/small> **''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 ''Poritia phalena'', the broad-banded brilliant, is a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. Range It occurs in So ...

'' (Hewitson, 1874) (mostly placed in '' Simiskina'') *'' Poritia phama'' H. H. Druce, 1895 *'' Poritia philota'' Hewitson, 1874 *''

Poritia phormedon ''Poritia phormedon'' is an Indomalayan butterfly endemic to Borneo that belongs to the lycaenids, the blues family.Seki, Y.; Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K. (1991). ''Butterflies of Borneo''. 2 (1) Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. ''Poritia ...

'' H. H. Druce, 1895 *''

Poritia plateni ''Poritia plateni '' is an Indomalayan 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 biogeograp ...

'' Staudinger, 1889 *''

Poritia pleurata ''Poritia pleurata'', the green gem, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Range It ranges from Manipur in India to Myanmar. As per Savela it is found in Manipur, Burma, Sum ...

'' Hewitson, 1874 *'' Poritia promula'' Hewitson, 1874 *''

Poritia sumatrae ''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 The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across ...

'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)

References

*, 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. *, 1948. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 1. ''Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' (B) 17 (7/8) :93-97. *, 1957. Notes on the genus ''Poritia'' Moore. ''Entomologist'' 90: 70–74, 18 figs. *, 1980. New information on the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. ''The Malay Nature Journal'' 33 (3/4): 137: 155. *, 1986. Additions and nomenclatural changes to the Lycaenid and Hesperiid butterflires of the Malay Peninsula. ''Malayan Nature Journal'' 39: 221–224. *, 1919. Revision der Gattung ''Poritia'' auf Grund der Morphologie der Generatsionsorgane. ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. (A) 83 (2)
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On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 1865
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823, 3 pls. * , 2004: A new subspecies of ''Poritia hewitsoni'' from Langkawi and its surrounding islands, Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ''Futao'' 47: 16–19. * , 2010: Two new subspecies of Poritia erycinoides () from Anambas Isls., Indonesia, and Langkawi Is., Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ''Futao'' 56: 17–19. * 1994: A further contribution to a knowledge on Poritiinae from Sulawesi, Indonesia. ''Futao'' 15: 5-13. * 1994: New subspecies of ''Poritia'' from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Futao'' 15: 14–15. * * 1994: Descriptions of new Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Paramalaya (1). ''Futao'' 15: 20–25. *, 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. ''Tyô to Ga'' 40 (1): 23–80. Abstract and full article

*, 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' Suppl. 14: 7–118. * , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64.

External links

* * * With images.
"''Poritia'' Moore 1886"
''Tree of Life Web Project''. *Inayoshi, Y. & Saito, K. (November 30, 2019)

''A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China''. Poritia, Poritiinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Poritiinae-stub