Cheritra [SEP] parent taxon
Cheritra
Cheritra is the genus of "typical" imperials, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
The species of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone.
Species.
- "Cheritra aenea" Philippines
- "Cheritra aenigma" Sumatra
- "Cheritra freja" – common imperial
- "Cheritra orpheus"
- "Cheritra pallida" Borneo
External links.
- "Cheritra" at Markku Savela's "Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms"
- Images representing "Cheritra" at Consortium
" Cowan, 1967 – Bangka
- "Cheritra freja frigga" Fruhstorfer, 1912 – peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra
- "Cheritra freja jafra" (Godart, [1824]) – Java, Bali
- "Cheritra freja pallida" (Druce, 1873) – Borneo, Pulau Laut
- "Cheritra freja pseudojafra" Moore, [1881] – Sri Lanka
- "Cheritra freja sabanga" Toxopeus, 1929 – Pulau Weh
Description.
The butterfly has a brown upperside with white bands.