Drupadia scaeva, the blue posy, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-East Asia.

Drupadia scaeva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Drupadia
Species:
D. scaeva
Binomial name
Drupadia scaeva
Synonyms
  • Myrina scaeva Hewitson, 1863
  • Biduanda scaeva
  • Marmessus scaeva scaeva
  • Biduanda melisa cooperi Tytler, 1940
  • Myrina cyara Hewitson, 1878
  • Biduanda cyara
  • Biduanda melisa cyara
  • Marmessus scaeva cyara
  • Myrina melisa Hewitson, 1869
  • Biduanda melisa
  • Marmessus scaeva melisa

Subspecies

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  • Drupadia scaeva scaeva (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, Pulau Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra)
  • Drupadia scaeva cooperi (Tytler, 1940) (central Burma, northern Thailand)
  • Drupadia scaeva cyara (Hewitson, 1878) (Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, north-western Burma)
  • Drupadia scaeva melisa (Hewitson, 1869) (southern Burma, Mergui, southern Thailand)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Drupadia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms