Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Poritia
Species:
P.
hewitsoni
Binomial name: Poritia hewitsoni (Moore, 1865)
Other Names: Common Gem
Special feature: The
members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone extending from
Afghanistan through the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland
southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of
which lies the Wallace line, the ecozone boundary named after Alfred Russel
Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia. Indomalaya also includes
the Philippines, lowland Taiwan, and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. (Wikipedia)