Drupadia theda

Drupadia theda sspp, ♂, ♀, Nias, Sumatra, Borneo, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Cheritrini
Genus: Drupadia
Species: Drupadia theda
Subspecies: D. t. albicans – D. t. bangkaiensis – D. t. batunensis – D. t. demialba – D. t. fabricii – D. t. fulgens – D. t. miyo – D. t. namusa – D. t. nobumasai – D. t. osadai – D. t. pagiensis – D. t. pekas – D. t. renonga – D. t. sigma – D. t. tawiensis – D. t. thaliarchus – D. t. theda – D. t. thesmia – D. t. umara – D. t. unicolor – D. t. vanica

Name

Drupadia theda (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)

Type locality: Philippines, Luzon.

Syntype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

Myrina theda (Boisduval in litt.) C. & R. Felder, 1862: 291.
[Myrina theda (Boisduval in litt.) Felder; Hewitson, 1863: 32, pl.16, figs 46,47. Misidentification.]
Biduanda theda (Felder); Semper, 1890(5): 218; Seitz, 1926: 988, pl.159, figs e6,e7,e8,f1.
Marmessus theda theda (Felder); Corbet, 1948: 101–102.
Drupadia theda (C. & R. Felder); Cowan, 1974: 322; Rawlins & Cassidy, 2022: 108.

References

Abang, F., Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G., 2004. A contribution to the butterfly fauna of the Island of Balambangan (Malaysia, Sabah) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Futao 47: 6–13. Reference page.
Corbet, A. S., 1948b. Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: 2. Proc. R. ent. Soc Lond. (B)17(7/8):98-102. Reference page.
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. BHL Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1862. Lepidoptera nova a Dre. Carolo Semper in insulis Philippinis collecta, Series secunda. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 6(9): 282–294. BHL Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Rawlins, A. & Cassidy, A.C., 2022. An illustrated and annotated checklist of Pseudodipsas, Flos, Iraota, Ogyris and Drupadia taxa occurring in North Maluku and Maluku, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on Drupadia theda in the Sulawesi Region. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, 43 (2): 104-112. Reference page.
Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page.
Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, Beitrag zur Indo-Malayischen Lepidopteren-Fauna. (Die Tagfalter). Vol.l: 380pp, 49 pls. In C. G. Semper, Reisen im Archipen der Philippinen, (2)5. Weisbaden. Reference page.

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