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Poritia
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Poritia

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.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Gem

speciesPoritia hewitsoni

Sumatran Gem

speciesPoritia sumatrae

Blue Gem

speciesPoritia erycinoides

Malayan Gem

speciesPoritia philota

Poritia promula

speciesPoritia promula

Poritia phama

speciesPoritia phama

Poritia pleurata

speciesPoritia pleurata

Borneo Gem

speciesPoritia plateni

Poritia phormedon

speciesPoritia phormedon

Poritia karennia

speciesPoritia karennia

Poritia elsiei

speciesPoritia elsiei

Poritia manilia

speciesPoritia manilia

Poritia kinoshitai

speciesPoritia kinoshitai

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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 371592.