Poritia hewitsoni

Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni, <♂:♀> N. Thailand.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Poritiini
Genus: Poritia
Species: Poritia hewitsoni
Subspecies: P. h. hewitsoni – P. h. kiyokoae – P. h. taleva – P. h. tavoyana

Name

• Poritia hewitsoni Moore, 1865

Type locality: "Bengal" Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Poritia hewitsoni Moore, [1866]: 775, pl. 41, fig. 10.
• Poritia hewitsoni f. interjecta Fruhstorfer, 1912: 198.
• Poritia hewitsoni f. nigritia Fruhstorfer, 1912: 198.
• Poritia hewitsoni f. palilia Fruhstorfer, 1912: 199.
• Poritia hewitsoni ampsaga Fruhstorfer, 1912
• Poritia hewitsoni marakata Corbet, 1940: 341; synonymised by Corbet, 1948: 93.

References

Primary references

• Moore, F. 1865. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823, Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90: 337–350, 1 pl., 21 figs. Reference page. 
• Corbet, A. S., 1948. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 1. Proc. R. ent. Soc Lond. (B)17(7/8):93-97. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Morita, S. & Yago, M., 2004. A new subspecies of Poritia hewitsoni Moore from Langkawi and its surrounding islands, Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 47: 16–19. Reference page. 
• Savela, M. Funet: Poritiinae.
• Saito, K. & Seki, Y. 2003. A revision of Poritia hewitsoni Moore, [1866] and Poritia phama H. H. Druce, 1895 from India to S.E. Asia (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 38: 4–11, 48 figs. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G. 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32 (Suppl. 20): 64pp. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: ঝিলম
English: common gem

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