Cheritra freja, the common imperial,[1][2][3] is a small butterfly found in India,[1] Indochina, Malaysia and Sri Lanka[4] that belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies family (Lycaenidae).[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cheritra |
| Species: | C. freja
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheritra freja (Fabricius 1793)
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Subspecies
editThe 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
editThe 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
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Imago (dorsal view) -
Imago (ventral view)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ W. Ormiston (1924). The butterflies of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. p. 77. ISBN 9788120618404. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ 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.