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Cheritra

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Also known as Imperial

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

Species

Common Imperial

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae
Observations1,971
Observations recorded1,584

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
NHMUK

Wikidata facts

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Parent taxon
Lycaenidae
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taxon name
Cheritra
taxon rank
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Category:Cheritra
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Cheritra
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Encyclopedic overview

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

==Species== The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes: Cheritra aenea - Philippines Cheritra aenigma - Sumatra Cheritra freja - type species – "common imperial";now considered subspecies: Cheritra jafra Cheritra pallida Cheritra pseudojafra Cheritra orpheus - Philippines Cheritra regia Cheritra teunga

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheritra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.