Drupadia

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 Indomalayan realm.

Drupadia
Drupadia cineas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Cheritrini
Genus:	Drupadia Moore, 1884
Synonyms
Biduanda Distant, 1884

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. [1]
• 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

• Media related to Drupadia at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Drupadia at Wikispecies
• Funet Taxonomy Distribution Images