Neocheritra amrita
Species of butterfly
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Neocheritra amrita, the grand imperial, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and on Sumatra and Borneo.
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| N. t. theodora male and female From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Neocheritra |
| Species: | N. amrita |
| Binomial name | |
| Neocheritra amrita | |
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Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Neocheritra amrita amrita (southern Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra)
- Neocheritra theodora theodora Druce, 1885 (Borneo)
