Drupadia scaeva melisa

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 scaeva
Subspecies: Drupadia scaeva melisa

Name

Drupadia scaeva melisa (Hewitson, 1869).

Type locality: Burma.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, S. Burma, Moulmein. Designated by Cowan, 1974: 343.

Synonymy

• Myrina melisa Hewitson, 1869: Suppl. p.6.
• Biduanda melisa (Hewitson); Doherty, 1889: 425; Riley & Godfrey, 1921: 187; Evans, 1921: 38, no. 37f, ♀; Seitz, 1926: 988, pl.159, figs f4 (as scaeva ♀).
• [Biduanda nicevillei Doherty; Ollenbach, 1921: 134, pl.27, fig.14,♀. Misidentification.]
• Biduanda melisa melisa (Hewitson); Evans, 1925: 766, pl.29, fig.77.1.
• Biduanda scaeva melisa (Hewitson); Corbet, 1940: 6.
• Marmessus scaeva melisa (Hewitson); Cantlie, 1963: 135.
• Drupadia scaeva melisa (Hewitson): Cowan, 1974: 343, pl.3, figs 78,82.

References

• Cantlie, K., 1963. The Lycaenidae portion of Evans' Identification of Indian Butterflies (1932) reissued and revised, 160 pp., 6 pls. Bombay. Reference page. 
• Corbet, A. S., 1940. Observations on species of Lycaenidae from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9(1): 1–6, 7 figs. 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. 
• Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409-440, Pl.23. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1921. Notes on Indian butterflies. Pt. 6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28(1): 30–40. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1925. The identification of Indian butterflies, Pt.9. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30(4): 756-776, pl.29. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Ollenbach, O. C., 1921. A list of butterflies collected in the Tavoy district, Burma. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 28(1): 123-139, 1 pl. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D. & Godfrey, E. J., 1925. New Rhopalocera from Siam and Hainan. Entomologist 58: 140-143, pl. 3, 7 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.