Cheritra

Cheritra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Cheritrini
Genus:	Cheritra Moore, [1881]

Cheritra is the genus of "typical" imperials, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Species

• Cheritra aenea Semper, 1890 Philippines
• Cheritra aenigma Cowan, 1967 Sumatra
• Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793) – common imperial
• Cheritra orpheus (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
• Cheritra pallida (Druce, 1873) Borneo

External links

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

• Media related to Cheritra at Wikimedia Commons