Drina donina

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Brown Yamfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Drina Species: D. donina
Binomial name
Drina donina (Hewitson, 1863)

The Brown Yamfly Drina donina^[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in Asia.

Contents 1 Range 2 Status 3 Cited references 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India in the Lushai hills (Mizoram) and across to Dawnas in Myanmar. The range extends eastwards to Indo China and southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi.^[1][3]

[edit] Status

Not Rare.^[3]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Drina genus.
2. ^ Card for Drina donina in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H55.1, pp 275

[edit] See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

[edit] References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.