Poritia philota

Poritia philota philota, <♂:♀>, Brunei.

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 philota
Subspecies: P. p. glennuydai – P. p. mindora – P. p. phare – P. p. philota – P. p. simoncolini – P. p. taimana

Name

Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874

Type locality: Sumatra

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874: 346.
• Poritia nicias Fruhstorfer, 1917: 39.
• Poritia philota nicias Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1940: 341.
• Poritia philota philota ♀ f. penumbrata Morrell, 1957: 100. Malaya.
• Poritia philota philota ♀ f. lugubris Eliot, 1957: 73. Singapore.
• Poritia philota philota ♀ f. ornata Eliot, 1957: 73. NE Sumatra.

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. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1957. Notes on the genus Poritia Moore. Entomologist 90: 70–74, 18 figs. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1917. Neue Poritia Rassen. Soc. ent. 32(10):39-40. Reference page. 
• Hayashi, H. & Mohagan, N., 2017. A new subspecies of Poritia philota (Lepidoptera, Lycaendiae) from Mt Baco on Mindoro Is. in the Philippines. Gekkan-Mushi 556: 13-17. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page. 
• Morrell, R. C. R., 1957. Miscellaneous notes on Malayan butterflies. Malay Nat. J. 11(4): 95–100. Reference page. 
• Osada, S., 1994. New subspecies of Poritia from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Futao 15: 14–15. Reference page. 

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