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Cheritra
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Cheritra

Cheritra is the genus of "typical" imperials, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Imperial

speciesCheritra freja

Golden-tailed Hairstreak

speciesCheritra orpheus

Cheritra aenea

speciesCheritra aenea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149051.