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Drupadia scaeva

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Biduanda melisa

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Drupadia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Drupadia, Drupadia ravindra, Sithon, Yasoda, Neocheritra

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

Subspecies

  • 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)

    • References

    Drupadia scaeva Wikipedia
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