Poritia phormedon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Poritia |
| Species: | P. phormedon
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| Binomial name | |
| Poritia phormedon H. H. Druce, 1895[1]
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Poritia phormedon is an Indomalayan butterfly endemic to Borneo that belongs to the lycaenids, the blues family.[2][3] Poritia phormedon was described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895.Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz ( page 1008 plate 34 fig.i) provides a description differentiating phormedon from neighbouring taxa. [4]
References[edit]
- ^ Druce, Hamilton H. (1895). "A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae".Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
- ^ Savela, Markku (August 25, 2016). "Poritia phormedon Druce, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ Seki, Y.; Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K. (1991). Butterflies of Borneo. 2 (1) Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175