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Cheritrella

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Truncate imperial
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Cheritrini
Genus: Cheritrella
de Nicéville, 1887
Species:
C. truncipennis
Binomial name
Cheritrella truncipennis

Cheritrella truncipennis, the truncate imperial, is a small butterfly found in India (Sikkim - Assam), Burma and West China (Yunnan) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Its genus, Cheritrella, was erected by Lionel de Nicéville and is monotypic.

References

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  1. ^ de Nicéville, L., 1887. Descriptions of some new or little-known butterflies from India, with note on Genus Melanitis. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3): 448-467,pls 39, 40.
  • 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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  • Cheritrella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Data related to Cheritrella at Wikispecies