New records of two lycaenid butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in China, with the description of a new subspecies

Abstract

Family Lycaenidae is the second-large group of butterflies which contains about one third of known species of Papilionoidea. Genus Tajuria Moore, [1881] and Drupadia Moore, 1884 are both mainly found in the Oriental and Australian realms. In a very recent expedition to South-west China in Xishuangbanna (Yunnan Province), specimens of T. sekii Saito, 2005 and D. scaeva (Hewitson, 1869) were collected for the first time, and the latter species comprises the first record of the genus Drupadia in China.The species T. sekii Saito, 2005 and D. scaeva (Hewitson, 1869) are first recorded in China and the latter comprises the first record of the genus Drupadia in China. Relevant details are presented for the species.

Keywords

• <i>Tajuria sekii</i>
• <i>Drupadia scaeva</i>
• Lyca