Poritia promula

Poritia promula elegans, <♂:♀> West Malaysia

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 promula
Subspecies: P. p. elegans – P. p. promula

Name

Poritia promula Hewitson, 1874

Type locality: Java

Holotype: ♀ BMNH

Synonymy

• Poritia promula Hewitson, 1874: 347, ♀. 1878: 216, pl. lxxxviii, figs 12, 13 ♀.
• Poritia phraatica Distant nec Hewitson, 1884: 199, pl. xxi, fig. 21.
• Poritia promula promula Hewitson; D'Abrera, 1986: 540.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Distant, W. L., 1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874(3): 343-355.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Text Plates London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc

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