Chitoria
Encyclopedia
Chitoria is a genus
of butterflies
in the family Nymphalidae
found in Southeast Asia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
found in Southeast Asia.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Chitoria chrysolora (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
- Chitoria cooperi (Tytler, 1926)
- Chitoria fasciola (Leech, 1890)
- Chitoria sordidaChitoria sordidaThe Sordid Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.-Description:The males have the upperside of the fore wing darkening towards the apex, the apical two-thirds much darker brown, an oblique discal white band from interspace 6 to tornal angle formed of more or less...
(Moore, [1866]) - Chitoria subcaerulea (Leech, 1891)
- Chitoria ulupiChitoria ulupiThe Tawny Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.-Subspecies:*Chitoria ulupi ulupi *Chitoria ulupi dubernardi...
(Doherty, 1889) - Chitoria vietnamica Nguyen, 1979