Poritia pleurata

Taxobox
name = Green Gem


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Poritia"
species = "P. pleurata"
binomial = "Poritia pleurata"
binomial_authority = (Hewitson, 1874)

The Green Gem ("Poritia pleurata") [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=194707.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fOriginal%5fAuthorqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ftribeqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ffamily%3dLycaenidae%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dpleurata%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsubfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsuperfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ffamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Distribqtype%3dcontains%26recLimit%3d30%26Current%5fgenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith&searchPageURL=indexadv%2edsml%3fOriginal%5fAuthorqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ftribeqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ffamily%3dLycaenidae%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dpleurata%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsubfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsuperfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ffamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Distribqtype%3dcontains%26recLimit%3d30%26Current%5fgenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith Card for species "pleurata" in LepIndex. Accessed 05 December 2006.] ] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South Asia [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/poritia/index.html Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Poritia (Lycaenidae).] ] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues familyWynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 252.] .

Range

It ranges from Manipur in India to Myanmar. As per Savela it is found in Manipur, Burma, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya and Langkawi Islands.

tatus

Rare as per Wynter-Blyth.

Description

A small butterfly, 30 to 40 mm in wingspan. The basal half or more of the cell in upper forewing is blue. There are apical and terminal spots in 2 and 3, though these may be absent in the dry season form. The upper forewing of the females do not have a yellow patch.

Cited references

References

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*aut|Evans, W.H. (1932) "The Identification of Indian Butterflies". 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
*aut|Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) "Butterflies of the Indian Region", Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.OnlineOnline
*aut|Beccaloni, G. W., aut|Scoble, M. J., aut|Robinson, G. S. & aut|Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex] (accessed 26 September 2007).
*aut|Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/index.html] (accessed 26 September 2007)

ee also

*Lycaenidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)