Cheritra orpheus

Cheritra orpheus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in the Philippines in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Cheritra orpheus
Cheritra orpheus eurydice Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cheritra
Species:	C. orpheus
Binomial name
Cheritra orpheus (C. & R. Felder, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
Myrina orpheus C. & R. Felder, 1862 Cheritra massiva Hewitson, 1863

Subspecies

• C. o. orpheus (Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro, Ticao)
• C. o. eurydice Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Palawan)
• C. o. orphnine Cowan, 1967 (Philippines: Mindanao)