Drupadia scaeva scaeva

Drupadia scaeva, ♂, as Myrina scaeva, Singapore, from Hewitson, 1863.

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 scaeva

Name

Drupadia scaeva scaeva (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♂, BMNH (A. R. Wallace).

Synonymy

• Myrina scaeva Hewitson, 1863: 30, pl.15, figs 39,40.
• Biduanda scaeva (Hewitson); de Nicéville, 1890: 210, pl.E, fig 7 ♀; Seitz, 1926: 988, pl.159, figs f2,f3.
• Biduanda scaeva scaeva (Hewitson); Corbet, 1940: 6.
• Marmessus scaeva scaeva (Hewitson); Corbet, 1956: 351, 479.
• Drupadia scaeva scaeva (Hewitson); Cowan, 1974: 341.

References

• 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. 
• Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., 1956. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Edn. 2. Edinburgh Oliver and Boyd xi+537 pp, 159 figs, 55 pls. 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L. 1890. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian Region with descriptions of three new genera of Hesperidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 5(3): 199-225, Pls. D,E. 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.