A record of Blue Posy Drupadia scaeva cyara (Hewitson, 1878) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Theclini) from Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Gaurab Nandi Das; Subrata Gayen; Rohit Kumar Jaiswal

doi:10.11609/jott.3381.10.2.11348-11350

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Feb 2018)

A record of Blue Posy Drupadia scaeva cyara (Hewitson, 1878) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Theclini) from Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Gaurab Nandi Das,
Subrata Gayen,
Rohit Kumar Jaiswal

Affiliations

Gaurab Nandi Das: Himalayan Jr. Project Fellow Zoological Survey of India Prani Vigyan Bhawan M-Block, New Alipore Kolkata-700053
Subrata Gayen: Himalayan Jr. Project Fellow Zoological Survey of India Prani Vigyan Bhawan M-Block, New Alipore Kolkata-700053
Rohit Kumar Jaiswal: Himalayan Jr. Project Fellow Zoological Survey of India Prani Vigyan Bhawan M-Block, New Alipore Kolkata-700053

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3381.10.2.11348-11350
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 11348 – 11350

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The present paper reports recent sightings of Drupadia scaeva cyara (Hewitson, 1878) for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh. It was previously known from Darjeeling and Sikkim. This current record confirms its distribution from Arunachal Pradesh and adds a species record to the existing butterfly fauna of India after 83 years.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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