Drupadia rufotaenia

Drupadia rufotaenia kina, ♀, 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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: 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 rufotaenia
Subspecies: D. r. alcyma – D. r. archibaldi – D. r. caesia – D. r. kina – D. r. praecox – D. r. rufotaenia – D. r. torquata

Name

Drupadia rufotaenia (Fruhstorfer, 1912).

Type locality: W. Malaysia, Malacca.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• [Drupadia moorei var.; Distant, 1886: 460, pl.44, fig.11.
• Marmessus rufotaenia Fruhstorfer, 1912: 249; Seitz, 1926: 990.
• Marmessus rufotaenia rufotaenia Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1948: 102; Eliot, 1959: 382.
• Drupadia rufotaenia (Fruhstorfer); Cowan, 1974: 314.

References

• 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. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1959. New or little-known butterflies from Malaya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 7(8): 371-391, pl.10. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. BHL (text), BHL (figs). 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. 

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