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Subspecies in India
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni Moore, [1866] – Himalayan Common Gem
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana Doherty, 1889 – Indo-Chinese Common Gem
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana Doherty, 1889 – Indo-Chinese Common Gem
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Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Arunachal Pradesh | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
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Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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Manipur | 2 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | 4 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Total | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Poritia hewitsoni Moore, [1866] – Common Gem. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/poritia-hewitsoni, accessed 2025/01/25.