Drupadia theda, the dark posy, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
The larvae feed on Barringtonia, Saraca, Bauhinia, Millettia, Garcinia, Lansium, Ixora (including Ixora humilis), Arytera, Pometia and Lepisanthes species. They are attended by ants of the genus Crematogaster, including Crematogaster diffiformis.
Subspecies
- Drupadia theda theda (Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro, Cebu, Mindanao, Marinduque)
- Drupadia theda thesmia <small>(Hewitson, 1863)</small> (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
- Drupadia theda namusa <small>(Hewitson, 1863)</small> (southern Sulawesi)
- Drupadia theda fabricii <small>Moore, 1884</small> (Mergui, southern Burma, Thailand)
- Drupadia theda thaliarchus <small>(Staudinger, 1888)</small> (northern Sulawesi)
- Drupadia theda unicolor <small>(Staudinger, 1889)</small> (Palawan)
- Drupadia theda demialba <small>(Staudinger, 1889)</small> (Nias)
- Drupadia theda batunensis <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> (Batu)
- Drupadia theda umara <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> (Borneo)
- Drupadia theda vanica <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> (Borneo)
- Drupadia theda bangkaiensis <small>(Ribbe, 1926)</small> (Banggai)
- Drupadia theda inexpectata <small>(Ribbe, 1926)</small> (Sulawesi)
- Drupadia theda renonga <small>(Corbet, 1938)</small> (Thailand, Langkawi)
- Drupadia theda albicans <small>(Riley, [1945])</small> (Sipora)
- Drupadia theda pagiensis <small>(Riley, [1945])</small> (northern Pagi Islands)
- Drupadia theda fulgens <small>Cowan, 1974</small> (Bangka)
- Drupadia theda pekas <small>Takanami, 1982</small> Philippines (north-eastern Mindanao)
- Drupadia theda miyo <small>Takanami, 1987</small> (Philippines: eastern Mondoro)
- Drupadia theda osadai <small>Takanami, 1987</small> (Philippines: Bohol)
- Drupadia theda tawiensis <small>Schröder & Treadaway, 1989</small> (Philippines: Tawitawi Group)
- Drupadia theda nobumasai <small>H. Hayashi. 1984</small>
References
External links
- Drupadia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms