Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia

Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia (Fruhstorfer, 1912)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Marmessus rufotaenia Fruhstorfer, 1912
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):249-250.
TL : "Malayische Halbinsel" [W.Malaysia]. (MfN)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Natuna.

	● ssp.archbaldi
	● ssp.vietnamica
	● transition zone of archbaldi and rufotaenia
	● ssp.rufotaenia

Type Material Information

'Holotype ♂' [?], MalMalacca. designated by Takanami,1986. (MfN) ; Takanami,1989 : 30, figs.A54a♂, 54b♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 674, pl.308, figs.L326b♂(Un,Malaysia),♀(Malaysia)'
'Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 712, pl.326, figs.L350b♂(Un,Malaysia),♀(Malaysia)'
Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 106, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)
Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2022.07.30)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).

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

Yala : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 50 - 300m).
The specimens of both sexes from Nakhon Si Thammarat have small red patch on the UpF. It seems a transition zone of archbaldi and rufotaenia.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs. (Apr.1912)

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

Takanami, Y.,1989 : On Some Type Specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera).
Tyô to Ga 40(1):23-80.


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2009.11.30 - 2024.02.29.