Poritia phormedon

Poritia phormedon
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Poritia
Species: P. phormedon
Binomial name
Poritia phormedon'
Druce, 1895 [1]

Poritia phormedon is an Indomalayan butterfly endemic to Borneo that belongs to the lycaenids, the blues family.[2][3] Poritia phormedon was described by Druce in 1895.

References

  1. Druce, H. H. , 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae,Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
  2. Poritia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  3. Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.


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