Biology:Drupadia theda
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| Drupadia theda From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
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| Drupadia theda umara | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Drupadia |
| Species: | D. theda
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| Drupadia theda (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)[1]
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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 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
Wikidata ☰ Q13485847 entry
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