Drupadia theda
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Drupadia theda From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
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Drupadia theda umara | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Drupadia |
Species: | D. theda
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Drupadia theda, the dark posy, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
The larvae feed on Barringtonia, Saraca, Bauhinia, Millettia, Garcinia, Lansium, Ixora (including ), Arytera, Pometia and Lepisanthes species. They are attended by ants of the genus Crematogaster, including .
Subspecies[]
- Drupadia theda theda (Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro, Cebu, Mindanao, Marinduque)
- Drupadia theda thesmia (Hewitson, 1863) (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
- Drupadia theda namusa (Hewitson, 1863) (southern Sulawesi)
- Drupadia theda fabricii Moore, 1884 (Mergui, southern Burma, Thailand)
- Drupadia theda thaliarchus (Staudinger, 1888) (northern Sulawesi)
- Drupadia theda unicolor (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)
- Drupadia theda demialba (Staudinger, 1889) (Nias)
- Drupadia theda batunensis (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Batu)
- Drupadia theda umara (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Borneo)
- Drupadia theda vanica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Borneo)
- Drupadia theda bangkaiensis (Ribbe, 1926) (Banggai)
- Drupadia theda inexpectata (Ribbe, 1926) (Sulawesi)
- Drupadia theda renonga (Corbet, 1938) (Thailand, Langkawi)
- Drupadia theda albicans (Riley, [1945]) (Sipora)
- Drupadia theda pagiensis (Riley, [1945]) (northern Pagi Islands)
- Drupadia theda fulgens Cowan, 1974 (Bangka)
- Drupadia theda pekas Takanami, 1982 Philippines (north-eastern Mindanao)
- Drupadia theda miyo Takanami, 1987 (Philippines: eastern Mondoro)
- Drupadia theda osadai Takanami, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol)
- Drupadia theda tawiensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Philippines: Tawitawi Group)
- Drupadia theda nobumasai H. Hayashi. 1984
References[]
- ^ Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links[]
- Drupadia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Categories:
- Drupadia
- Butterflies described in 1862