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Poritia phalena
| Broad-banded brilliant | |
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| Simiskina phalena hayashii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Poritia |
| Species: | P. phalena
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| Binomial name | |
| Poritia phalena (Hewitson, 1874)
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| Synonyms | |
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Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874) | |
Poritia phalena, the broad-banded brilliant,[1] is a small butterfly found in India[2] and South-East Asia[3] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Poritia phalena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 209, ser no H3.1.
- ^ Savela, Markku (26 August 2016). "Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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