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Description
The final and rarest of the three Posy species in Singapore is the Pygmy Posy (Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia). This species, which suggest a small female of the Common Posy, which it resembles. The Pygmy Posy has a wingspan of 20mm, which is about half the size of its other two cousins. In Singapore, it is often seen feeding on the sugary sap of the young shoots of the forest bush, Leea indica, where it stays still for long periods of time unless disturbed.It is a tree top butterfly and spend most its time at canopy level, hence not surprising that it is rarely encountered, it's close resemblance to its 2 cousins also likely for the untrained eyes to pass it off as just another common posy.
It can be reliably separated from the other two Posies in that the narrow submarginal orange band on the hindwing beneath is continuous from 1a and extends to vein 3.
Scientific Name: Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia (Pygmy Posy)
Description
Family : Lycaenidae
SubFamily : Lycaeninae
Common Name : Pygmy Posy
