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Species of butterfly
Drupadia theda
Drupadia theda From the
Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Drupadia theda umara
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Drupadia
Species:
D. theda
Binomial name
Drupadia theda
Synonyms
Myrina theda C. & R. Felder, 1862
Drupadia nishiyamai Hayashi, 1980
Myrina thesmia Hewitson, 1863
Biduanda thesmia thesmia f. minara Fruhstorfer, 1912
Myrina namusa Hewitson, 1863
Myrina naenia Hewitson, 1863
Drupadia fabricii Moore, 1884
Biduanda imitata Druce, 1895
Sithon thaliarchus Staudinger, 1888
Sithon thesmia var. unicolor Staudinger, 1889
Sithon thesmia var. demialba Staudinger, 1889
Biduanda thesmia batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
Biduanda thesmia umara Fruhstorfer, 1912
Biduanda thesmia umara f. depicta Fruhstorfer, 1912
Biduanda thesmia vanica Fruhstorfer, 1912
Biduanda bangkaiensis Ribbe, 1926
Biduanda inexpectata Ribbe, 1926
Biduanda renonga Corbet, 1938
Marmessus thesmia albicans Riley, [1945]
Marmessus thesmia pagiensis Riley, [1945]
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
Ixora humilis ),
Arytera ,
Pometia and
Lepisanthes species. They are attended by ants of the genus
Crematogaster , including
Crematogaster diffiformis .
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