S.India, Sikkim - Burma, S.Yunnan, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi. See [About maps]
Wax Dart
Pamphila purreea Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 594, pl. 58, f. 10, TL: Andamans
Cupitha tympanifera Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 48, TL: Pegu, Burma
Pamphila verruca Mabille, 1889; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889 : lxxxiv, TL: Nias
Pamphila lycorias Mabille, 1893; REF#: 54, TL: Java
Cupitha alara Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 29, TL: Celebes
Cupitha purreea, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Cypitha purreea ; [BOW: pl. 186, f. 15]
Cupitha purreea ; [BMP: 362, pl. 54, f. 54]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 67
Larva on
Terminalia paniculata,
T. bellirica,
Combretum ovalifolium [BMP]
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