Biology:Cheritra

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:

1. Cheritra aenea Semper, 1890 - Philippines
2. Cheritra aenigma Cowan, 1967 - Sumatra
3. Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793) - type species – "common imperial";
   now considered subspecies:
   1. Cheritra jafra (Godart, 1823)
   2. Cheritra pallida (Druce, 1873)
   3. Cheritra pseudojafra Moore, 1881
4. Cheritra orpheus (Felder, 1862) - Philippines
5. Cheritra regia Evans, 1925
6. Cheritra teunga Grose-Smith

External links

• Cheritra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Images representing Cheritra, at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q86833 entry