Drupadia theda

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.^[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Lycaenidae

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Drupadia theda
Drupadia theda From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Drupadia theda umara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Drupadia
Species:	D. theda
Binomial name
Drupadia theda (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
Myrina theda C. & R. Felder, 1862 Drupadia nishiyamai Hayashi, 1980 Myrina thesmia Hewitson, 1863 Biduanda thesmia thesmia f. minara Fruhstorfer, 1912 Myrina namusa Hewitson, 1863 Myrina naenia Hewitson, 1863 Drupadia fabricii Moore, 1884 Biduanda imitata Druce, 1895 Sithon thaliarchus Staudinger, 1888 Sithon thesmia var. unicolor Staudinger, 1889 Sithon thesmia var. demialba Staudinger, 1889 Biduanda thesmia batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 Biduanda thesmia umara Fruhstorfer, 1912 Biduanda thesmia umara f. depicta Fruhstorfer, 1912 Biduanda thesmia vanica Fruhstorfer, 1912 Biduanda bangkaiensis Ribbe, 1926 Biduanda inexpectata Ribbe, 1926 Biduanda renonga Corbet, 1938 Marmessus thesmia albicans Riley, [1945] Marmessus thesmia pagiensis Riley, [1945]

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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.