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 - Philippines
2. Cheritra aenigma - Sumatra
3. Cheritra freja - type species – "common imperial";<br/>now considered subspecies:
4. Cheritra jafra
5. Cheritra pallida
6. Cheritra pseudojafra
7. Cheritra orpheus - Philippines
8. Cheritra regia
9. Cheritra teunga

References

External links

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