Drupadia scaeva melisa

Drupadia scaeva melisa (Hewitson, 1869)


♂, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Myrina melisa Hewitson, 1869
OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1(4)(Suppl.): 6.
TL : '"Maulmain" [Mawlamyine, Myanmar]; Darjeeling, [W.Bengal, India]' [Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar]. (NHML)

Distribution : S.Myanmar. W.Thailand (Tak to Phetchaburi).

	● ssp.melisa
	● ssp.cooperi
	● ssp.scaeva

Type Material Information

Lectotype ♂, S.Moulmein, Burma. designated by Cowan,1974. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Drupadia scaeva melisa ; Cowan,1974 : 344. ('South')
Drupadia scaeva melisa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 676, pl.309, figs.L330b♀(center),♀(Un). (Kanchanaburi) (in part)
Drupadia scaeva melisa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 714, pl.327, figs.L354b♀,♀(Un). (Kanchanaburi) (in part)
Drupadia scaeva melisa ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Khamphaeng Phet; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.07.04)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 2♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Phetchaburi : 3♀ (photo by M.Hayashi & A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in primary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 560m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at forest edges from 11:30 - 14:00.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1869 : Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Part I. Lycaenidae.
1(4): 115-136, 14a-14h, supplementary 1-16, pls.47-54, 3a-3c, supplementary pls.1-5 (30.Apr.1869), London, John Van Voorst.

Cowan, C.F.,1974 : The Indo-Oriental Genus Drupadia Moore (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 29: 283-656, 6 pls.


♂, Tak, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

1999.07.18 - 2023.07.31.