Drupadia cineas

Drupadia cineas, ♀, Brunei, 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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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 cineas

Name

Drupadia cineas (Grose-Smith, 1889).

Type locality: Borneo, Sabah, Kina Balu.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, East Malaysia, Sabah, designated by Cowan, 1974: 345.

Synonyms

• [Myrina cinesia ♀ Hewitson, 1863: 29, pl. 13, fig. 20. Misidentification.]
• Sithon cineas Grose-Smith, 1889: 318.
• Biduanda hewitsonii Druce, 1895: 615; Druce, 1896: 679, pl. 31, fig. 9 ♂. Holotype: ♀, East Malaysia, Sabah, BMNH. Synonymised by Cowan, 1974: 345.
• Biduanda cineas (Grose-Smith); Moulton, [1912]: 163.
• Biduanda hewitsonii Druce; Moulton, [1912]: 163.
• Biduanda hewitsonii var. parva Moulton, [1912]: 164. Syntype ♂ BMNH. East Malaysia, Sarawak. Synonymised by Cowan, 1974: 345.
• Hypolycaena cineas (Grose-Smith); Seitz, 1926: 985.
• Hypolycaens hewitsonii (Druce); Seitz, 1926: 985, pl. 146B, fig. e4, pl. 159, fig. h7 (wrongly as parva).
• Drupadia cineas Cowan, 1974: 345; Seki et al, 1992: 81, pl. 55, L297.

References

• 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. 
• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895(3): 556-627, 4 pls. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1896. Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(3): 650–683, pls 29-31. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1889. Descriptions of ten new species of butterflies captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)3(4): 312–319. 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. 
• Moulton, J. C. [1912]. A list of the butterflies of Borneo with descriptions of new species (3). J. Straits Brch. R. asiat. Soc. 60(1911): 73-177, pl.8. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.

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