Drupadia niasica biranta

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 niasica
Subspecies: Drupadia niasica biranta

Name

Drupadia niasica biranta (Riley, 1942).

Type locality: West Malaysia, Langkawi Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, 15.i.1939, (J. N. Eliot).

Synonyms

• Marmessus scudderii biranta Riley, 1942: 88; Riley, [1945]: 265, pl. 1, fig. 16, pl. 2, fig. 29.
• Marmessus niasicus biranta Riley; Cowan, 1965: 167.
• Drupadia niasica biranta (Riley): Cowan, 1974: 335; Eliot, 1992: 304, 422, pl. 45, figs 30, 31.

References

• Cowan, C. F., 1965. The identity of Sithon niasica Röber (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Entomologist 98(7): 167–168.
• 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.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Riley, N. D., 1942. New Lycaenidae from the Malay Peninsula. Entomologist 75(4): 88–89.
• Riley, N. D., [1945]. Spolia Mentawiensia, Rhopalocera; Lycaenidae and Riodinidae. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2): 247–271, 2pls.