''Drupadia ravindra'', common name common posy, is a

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in the family

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Subspecies

* ''Drupadia ravindra ravindra'' - Java, Lombok * ''Drupadia ravindra moorei'' (Distant, 1882) - S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, NE.Sumatra, Borneo * ''Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii'' Moore, 1884 - Burma, Mergui, N.Thailand, Indo China * ''Drupadia ravindra caesarea'' Weymer, 1887 - Nias * ''Drupadia ravindra ravindrina'' (Staudinger, 1889) - Palawan * ''Drupadia ravindra joloana'' (Staudinger, 1889) - Philippines (Jolo, Sulu) * ''Drupadia ravindra fulminans'' (Staudinger, 1889) – Borneo * ''Drupadia ravindra surindra'' (Druce, 1895) - Borneo (Kina Balu, Sandakan) * ''Drupadia ravindra esla'' (Swinhoe, 1912) - Sumatra (W.Barisan Mts.) * ''Drupadia ravindra serunica'' (van Eecke, 1914) -

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Is. * ''Drupadia ravindra balina'' (Fruhstorfer, 1914) – Bali * ''Drupadia ravindra sumptuosa'' (Toxopeus, 1931) - W.Sumatra (Lebong Tandai, Bengkulu) * ''Drupadia ravindra connexa'' (Riley, 1945) * ''Drupadia ravindra batuna'' (Riley, 1945) - Batu Is. * ''Drupadia ravindra janus'' (Riley, 1945) - SW.Sumatra * ''Drupadia ravindra banka'' (Riley, 1945) * ''Drupadia ravindra corbeti'' Cowan, 1974 - S.Vietnam (Pulau Condor) * ''Drupadia ravindra resoluta'' Cowan, 1974 - Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro) * ''Drupadia ravindra caerulea'' Okubo, 1983 * ''Drupadia ravindra balabacola'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 * ''Drupadia ravindra okurai'' M. & T. Okano, 1991 Funet
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Description

''Drupadia ravindra'' has a wingspan of about . On the upperside the forewings of males are dark brown, while the hindwings are metallic blue. The females lack the metallic sheen. The underside of the hindwings of these butterflies show a pattern of black markings on a white background, while the forewings are orange. On the hindwings there are long tails. Larvae feed on ''

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Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in South Eastern Asia (mainly in

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

Peninsular Malaya Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the nearby isla ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

Bali Bali (English:; Balinese language, Balinese: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller o ...

and

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. These butterflies prefer primary and secondary rainforest at an elevation of about above sea level.

Bibliography

* LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Beccaloni G.W., Scoble M.J., Robinson G.S. & Pitkin B., 2005-06-15

References

External links

* ravindra Butterflies described in 1829 Butterflies of Indochina {{Theclinae-stub