''Drupadia ravindra'', common name common posy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Subspecies

* ''Drupadia ravindra ravindra'' - Java, Lombok * ''Drupadia ravindra moorei'' (Distant, 1882) - S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, NE.Sumatra, Borneo * ''Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii'' Moore, 1884 - Burma, Mergui, N.Thailand, Indo China * ''Drupadia ravindra caesarea'' Weymer, 1887 - Nias * ''Drupadia ravindra ravindrina'' (Staudinger, 1889) - Palawan * ''Drupadia ravindra joloana'' (Staudinger, 1889) - Philippines (Jolo, Sulu) * ''Drupadia ravindra fulminans'' (Staudinger, 1889) – Borneo * ''Drupadia ravindra surindra'' (Druce, 1895) - Borneo (Kina Balu, Sandakan) * ''Drupadia ravindra esla'' (Swinhoe, 1912) - Sumatra (W.Barisan Mts.) * ''Drupadia ravindra serunica'' (van Eecke, 1914) - Simeulue Is. * ''Drupadia ravindra balina'' (Fruhstorfer, 1914) – Bali * ''Drupadia ravindra sumptuosa'' (Toxopeus, 1931) - W.Sumatra (Lebong Tandai, Bengkulu) * ''Drupadia ravindra connexa'' (Riley, 1945) * ''Drupadia ravindra batuna'' (Riley, 1945) - Batu Is. * ''Drupadia ravindra janus'' (Riley, 1945) - SW.Sumatra * ''Drupadia ravindra banka'' (Riley, 1945) * ''Drupadia ravindra corbeti'' Cowan, 1974 - S.Vietnam (Pulau Condor) * ''Drupadia ravindra resoluta'' Cowan, 1974 - Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro) * ''Drupadia ravindra caerulea'' Okubo, 1983 * ''Drupadia ravindra balabacola'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 * ''Drupadia ravindra okurai'' M. & T. Okano, 1991 Funet
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Description

''Drupadia ravindra'' has a wingspan of about . On the upperside the forewings of males are dark brown, while the hindwings are metallic blue. The females lack the metallic sheen. The underside of the hindwings of these butterflies show a pattern of black markings on a white background, while the forewings are orange. On the hindwings there are long tails.
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Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in South Eastern Asia (mainly in Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Java,

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

, Borneo,

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and Philippines. These butterflies prefer primary and secondary rainforest at an elevation of about above sea level.

Bibliography

* LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Beccaloni G.W., Scoble M.J., Robinson G.S. & Pitkin B., 2005-06-15

References

External links

* ravindra Butterflies described in 1829 Butterflies of Indochina {{Theclinae-stub