Cheritra freja

Cheritra freja, the common imperial,[1][2][3] is a small butterfly found in India,[1] Myanmar, Malaysia and Sri Lanka[4] that belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies family (Lycaenidae).[2][3]

In West Bengal, India

Common imperial
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Tribe:
Cheritrini
Genus:
Cheritra
Species:
C. freja
Binomial name
Cheritra freja
(Fabricius 1793)

Subspecies

The subspecies of Cheritra freja are-[1][2][3]

  • Cheritra freja freja - Myanmar, Thailand
  • Cheritra freja butleri Cowan, 1965 – south India
  • Cheritra freja evansi Cowan, 1965 – northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
  • Cheritra freja fracta 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. The hindwings consist of a tail. It is coloured from pale yellow to white on the lower side with black margins.[5]

  • Life cycle
  • Eggs
  • Larvae
  • Chrysalis
  • Chrysalis
  • Imago (dorsal view)
  • Imago (ventral view)

See also

References
  1. R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 113. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  3. "Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. W. Ormiston (1924). The butterflies of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. p. 77. ISBN 9788120618404. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  5. Kehimkar, Isaac (2008). The Book of Indian Butterflies. BNHS. p. 225.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.


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