Drupadia

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Drupadia
Drupadia cineas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Drupadia
Moore, 1884
Synonyms
  • Biduanda Distant, 1884

Drupadia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as posies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone.

Habitat of Drupadia hayashii on Sibutu Island

Species

  • Drupadia cinderella Cowan, 1974
  • Drupadia cindi Cowan, 1974
  • Drupadia cineas (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  • Drupadia cinesia (Hewitson, 1863)
  • Drupadia cinesoides (de Nicéville, 1889)
  • Drupadia estella (Hewitson, 1863)
  • Drupadia hayashii Schroeder & Treadaway, 1989
  • Drupadia johorensis (Cowan, 1958)
  • Drupadia niasica (Röber, 1886)
  • Drupadia ravindra (Horsfield, [1829])
  • Drupadia rufotaenia (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
  • Drupadia scaeva (Hewitson, 1863)
  • Drupadia theda (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

References

  • Abang, F. ; C.G. Treadaway & H.G. Schroeder, 2004: A contribution to the butterfly fauna of the Island of Balambangan (Malaysia, Sabah) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Futao 47: 6-13.
  • Cowan, C. F., 1974. The Indo-Oriental genus Drupadia Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 29(6): 281-356, 6 pls, 15 figs.
  • Distant, W. L., 1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
  • Hübner, J., 1816 - 1826. Verz. bekannt. Schmett. Augsberg.
  • Moore, F., 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt II, 53(1):16-52.
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
  • Piepers, M. C. and Snellen, P. C. T., 1918. The Rhopalocera of Java] Part 4. (Erycinidae: Lycaenidae), xlv + 112 pp., 9 pls. The Hague.
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

External links

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