# Cheritra

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***Cheritra*** is the genus of "typical" **imperials**, [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). The species of this genus are found in the [Indomalayan realm](/source/Indomalayan_realm).[2]

## Species

The [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility)[2] includes:

1. *[Cheritra aenea](/source/Cheritra_aenea)* - Philippines
1. *[Cheritra aenigma](/source/Cheritra_aenigma)* - Sumatra
1. *[Cheritra freja](/source/Cheritra_freja)* - **type species** – "common imperial"; now considered subspecies: 1. *Cheritra jafra* 1. *Cheritra pallida* 1. *Cheritra pseudojafra*
1. *[Cheritra orpheus](/source/Cheritra_orpheus)* - Philippines
1. *[Cheritra regia](/source/Cheritra_regia)*
1. *[Cheritra teunga](/source/Cheritra_teunga)*

## References

1. Moore F (1881) *The Lepidoptera of Ceylon*. 1.

1. [Global Biodiversity Information Facility: *Cheritra* Moore, 1881](https://www.gbif.org/species/1931092) (retrieved 7 April 2025)

## External links

- [*Cheritra*](http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/cheritra/index.html) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*
- [Images representing *Cheritra*](http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=312955), at [Consortium for the Barcode of Life](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)

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