Drina donina

Drina donina, the brown yamfly [1][2] is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia.

Brown yamfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Drina
Species:	D. donina
Binomial name
Drina donina (Hewitson, 1863)

Range

The butterfly occurs in India in the Lushai hills (Mizoram) and across to the Dawnas in Myanmar. The range extends eastwards to Indochina and southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Langkawi.[1][3]

Status

Not rare.[3]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. "Drina de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drina donina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 275, ser no H55.1.

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.