Poritia phormedon
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| Poritia phormedon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Poritia |
| Species: | P. phormedon |
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| Poritia phormedon H. H. Druce, 1895[1] | |
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]