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

Poritia is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. Poritia was erected by Frederic Moore in 1887.

Species

• Poritia erycinoides (C. Felder & 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 H. H. Druce, 1895
• Poritia plateni Staudinger, 1889
• Poritia pleurata Hewitson, 1874
• Poritia promula Hewitson, 1874
• Poritia sumatrae (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 90: 337–350, 1 pl., 21 figs.
• Corbet, A. S., 1948. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 1. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (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. Malayan Nature Journal 39: 221–224.
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Gattung Poritia auf Grund der Morphologie der Generatsionsorgane. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. (A) 83 (2): 77-101.
• Moore, F., [1866]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 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, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Poritiinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
• 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) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heintz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

External links

• Media related to Poritia at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Poritia at Wikispecies
• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Poritia". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 16, 2000 – via Internet Archive. With images.
• "Poritia Moore 1886". Tree of Life Web Project.
• Inayoshi, Y. & Saito, K. (November 30, 2019). "Family Lycaenidae Subfamily Poritiinae". A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China.