''Drupadia'' is a
butterfly
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genus
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in the
family
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Lycaenidae
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. They are commonly known as posies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the
Indomalayan realm
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Species
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Drupadia cinderella
''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.
Species
*'' Drupadia cinderella'' Cowan, 1974
*'' Drupadia cindi'' Cowan, 197 ...
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Cowan, 1974
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Drupadia cindi
''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.
Species
*''Drupadia cinderella'' Cowan, 1974
*'' Drupadia cindi'' Cowan, 1974 ...
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Cowan, 1974
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Drupadia cineas''
(Grose-Smith, 1889)
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Drupadia cinesia''
(Hewitson, 1863)
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Drupadia cinesoides''
(de Nicéville, 1889)
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Drupadia estella
''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.
Species
*''Drupadia cinderella'' Cowan, 1974
*''Drupadia cindi'' Cowan, 1974
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(Hewitson, 1863)
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Drupadia hayashii
''Drupadia hayashii''is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the wes ...
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Schroeder & Treadaway, 1989
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Drupadia johorensis
''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.
Species
*''Drupadia cinderella'' Cowan, 1974
*''Drupadia cindi'' Cowan, 1974
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(Cowan, 1958)
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Drupadia niasica
''Drupadia niasica '' is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Julius Röber in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae ...
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(Röber, 1886)
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Drupadia ravindra
''Drupadia ravindra'', common name common posy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Subspecies
* ''Drupadia ravindra ravindra'' - Java, Lombok
* ''Drupadia ravindra moorei'' (Distant, 1882) - S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langka ...
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(Horsfield, 829
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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Drupadia rufotaenia
''Drupadia rufotaenia '' is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1912. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesper ...
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(Fruhstorfer, 1912)
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Drupadia scaeva
''Drupadia scaeva'', the blue posy, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-East Asia.
Subspecies
*''Drupadia scaeva scaeva'' (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, Pulau Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra)
*''Drupadia sc ...
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(Hewitson, 1863)
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Drupadia theda
''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. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The ...
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(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
References
* , 2004: A contribution to the butterfly fauna of the Island of Balambangan (Malaysia, Sabah) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). ''Futao'' 47: 6–13.
*, 1974. The Indo-Oriental genus ''Drupadia'' Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) ''Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent)'' 29(6): 281–356, 6 pls, 15 figs.
*, 1882–1886. ''Rhopalocera Malayana''. 16
481 pp.41 pls
London.
*, 1816 - 1826. ''Verz. bekannt. Schmett''. Augsberg
*, 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
*, 1890. '' The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon''. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp
TextPlates
*, 1918. ''The Rhopalocera of Java''] Part 4. (Erycinidae: Lycaenidae), xlv
112 pp
9 pls
The Hague.
* , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). ''Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64.
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Drupadia,
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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