Cheritra orpheus

Cheritra orpheus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in the Philippines in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Cheritra orpheus
Cheritra orpheus eurydice Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Cheritra
Species:
C. orpheus
Binomial name
Cheritra orpheus
(C. & R. Felder, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Myrina orpheus C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Cheritra massiva Hewitson, 1863

Subspecies
  • C. o. orpheus (Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro, Ticao)
  • C. o. eurydice Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Palawan)
  • C. o. orphnine Cowan, 1967 (Philippines: Mindanao)

References
  1. C. & R. Felder, 1862 Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus.(2) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 282-294
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Cheritra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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