Poriskina
Poriskina phakos figure 15
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae
Genus:	Poriskina H. H. Druce, 1895
Species:	P. phakos
Binomial name
Poriskina phakos H. H. Druce, 1895

Poriskina is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its sole species, Poriskina phakos, is known from Mindanao in the Philippines. Both the genus and the species were first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895.

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 90: 337-350, 1 pl., 21 figs.
• Druce, H. H., 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
• Savela, Markku (August 26, 2016). "Poriskina Druce, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

External links

• Media related to Poriskina at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Poriskina at Wikispecies