Cheritra freja
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Common imperial
| image = Close wing position of Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial WLB.jpg
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| taxon = Cheritra freja
| authority = (Fabricius 1793)
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Cheritra freja, the common imperial, is a small butterfly found in India,{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260|title=A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India|last1=R.K.|first1=Varshney|last2=Smetacek|first2=Peter|publisher=Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi|year=2015|isbn=978-81-929826-4-9|location=New Delhi|pages=113|doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164}} Indochina, Malaysia and Sri Lanka{{Cite book| publisher = Asian Educational Services| last = W. Ormiston| title = The butterflies of Ceylon| access-date = 2011-10-05| date = 1924|page= 77 | isbn = 9788120618404| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5J2KvAaBHyYC&dq=Cheritra+freja&pg=PA1}} that belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies family (Lycaenidae).{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/cheritra/#freja |title=Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=June 30, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial|url=http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/689/Cheritra-freja|access-date=27 August 2017}}
File:Common ImperialDSC 0371.JPG, India]]
Subspecies
The subspecies of Cheritra freja are-
- 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
The 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.{{Cite book| publisher = BNHS| last = Kehimkar|first = Isaac| title = The Book of Indian Butterflies| date = 2008|page = 225 }}
File:Eggs of Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial WLB P2A0824.jpg|Eggs
File:Cheritra freja - Common Imperial caterpillar on the leaves of Xylia xylocarpa 10.jpg|Larvae
File:Common Imperial Pupa (3696513718).jpg|Chrysalis
File:Common Imperial pupa before emergence (3696514264).jpg|Chrysalis
File:Common Imperial UP.jpg|Imago (dorsal view)
File:Close wing position of Cheritra freja Fabricius, 1793 – Common Imperial WLB DSC 0024 (5).jpg|Imago (ventral view)
See also
References
- {{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=W.H. |author-link=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=Bombay Natural History Society |year=1932}}
- {{cite book |last=Gaonkar |first=Harish |author-link=Harish Gaonkar |title=Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System |publisher=Centre for Ecological Sciences |location=Bangalore, India |year=1996}}
- {{cite book |last1=Gay |first1=Thomas |last2=Kehimkar |first2=Isaac David |last3=Punetha |first3=Jagdish Chandra |title=Common Butterflies of India |series=Nature Guides |publisher= World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press |location=Bombay, India |year=1992 |isbn=978-0195631647}}
- {{cite book |last=Haribal |first=Meena |title=The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History |location=Gangtok, Sikkim, India |publisher=Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation |year=1992}}
- {{cite book |last=Kunte |first=Krushnamegh |title=Butterflies of Peninsular India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4C |series=India, A Lifescape |location=Hyderabad, India |publisher=Universities Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-8173713545}}
- {{cite book|last=Wynter-Blyth |first=Mark Alexander |author-link=Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth |title=Butterflies of the Indian Region |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ |year=1957 |location=Bombay, India |publisher=Bombay Natural History Society |isbn=978-8170192329}}
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