Poritia

Poritia
Poritia phama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae
Genus:	Poritia Moore, [1866]

Poritia is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone. Poritia was erected by Frederic Moore in 1887.

Species

• Poritia erycinoides (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
• Poritia fruhstorferi Corbet, 1940
• Poritia hewitsoni Moore, [1866]
  • 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 (Hewitson, 1874) (mostly placed in Simiskina)
• Poritia phama H. H. Druce, 1895
• Poritia philota Hewitson, 1874
• Poritia phormedon Druce, 1895
• Poritia plateni Staudinger, 1889
• Poritia pleurata Hewitson, 1874
• Poritia promula Hewitson, 1874
• Poritia sumatrae (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

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.
• Corbet, A. S., 1948. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 1. Proc. R. ent. Soc Lond. (B)17(7/8):93-97.
• Eliot, J. N., 1957. Notes on the genus Poritia Moore. Entomologist 90: 70-74, 18 figs.
• Eliot, J. N., 1980. New information on the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. The Malay Nature Journal '33(3/4): 137:155.
• Eliot, J. N., 1986. Additions and nomenclatural changes to the Lycaenid and Hesperiid butterflires of the Malay Peninsula. Malay. Nat. J. 39: 221-224.
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Gattung Poritia auf Grund der Morphologie der Generatsionsorgane. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 83 (2): 77-101.
• Moore, F., [1866]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 755-823, 3 pls.
• Morita, S. & M. Yago, 2004: A new subspecies of Poritia hewitsoni Moore from Langkawi and its surrounding islands, Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 47: 16-19.
• Morita, S. & M. Yago, 2010: Two new subspecies of Poritia erycinoides (C. & R. Felder) from Anambas Isls., Indonesia, and Langkawi Is., Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 56: 17-19.
• Osada, S. 1994: A further contribution to a knowledge on Poritiinae from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Futao 15: 5-13.
• Osada, S. 1994: New subspecies of Poritia from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Futao 15: 14-15.
• Savela, M. Funet: Poritiinae.
• Seki, Y. 1994: Descriptions of new Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Paramalaya (1). Futao 15: 20-25.
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. Abstract and full article: .
• Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heintz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

External links

Media related to Poritia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Poritia at Wikispecies

• Funet Taxonomy Distribution.
• Asahi Correctly determined photos of Poritia species from the Philippines
• TOL
• Indo-China Poritia