Abstract
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.
Highlights
Note A record of Blue Posy Drupadia scaeva cyara (Hewitson, 1878) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Theclini) from Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India
The genus Drupadia consists of 12 OPEN ACCESS species, of which only D. scaeva (Hewitson, 1863) is known from mainland India (Savela 2016)
In 1878, Hewitson described a female specimen of cyara from Darjeeling under the genus Myrina Fabricius, 1807 as Myrina cyara, but the detailed morphology of the holotype was redescribed by de Nicéville in 1890 under the genus Biduanda Distant, 1884
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