Drupadia estella nicevillei (Doherty, 1889)

Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Up. Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Un. Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Up. Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Un.
♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.
Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Up. Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Un. Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Up. Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Un.
♀, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Biduanda nicevillei Doherty, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 58(4):426, pl.23, fig.16,♂.
TL : Myitta, [Dawei, Myanmar].
Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand (excluding Yala).
● ssp.nicevillei
ssp.semperna
Drupadia estella nicevillei map

Type Materials Information

Syntypes 2♂, Burma.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Drupadia estella nicevillei ; Pinratana,1981 : 123, pl.33, figs.20,♂,21,♀ ; pl.31, fig.1,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Drupadia estella nicevillei ; Seki,1986 : 19. (Ranong)
Drupadia estella nicevillei ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 676, pl.309, figs.L329,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Drupadia estella nicevillei ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 714, pl.327, figs.L353,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Drupadia estella nicevillei ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 108, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Hat Supin)
Drupadia estella nicevillei ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kanchanaburi; Surat Thani) (accessed: 2023.07.04)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Kanchanaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 2♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1000m).


Literature

Doherty, W.,1889 : On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 58(4):409-440, 2 pls.

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


Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀ Drupadia estella nicevillei ♀
♀, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2023.07.31.

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