Polyura nepenthes
Polyura nepenthes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[3]
Polyura nepenthes | |
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Polyura nepenthes nepenthes male verso. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
Tribe: | Charaxini |
Genus: | Polyura |
Species: | P. nepenthes |
Binomial name | |
Polyura nepenthes (Grose-Smith, 1883)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
- P. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan)
- P. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Kiangsi, Zhejiang)
Biology
The larva feeds on Leguminosae.
References
- Grose-Smith, 1883 "Descriptions of three new species of Charaxes" Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 20: 57-58
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polyura nepenthes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
- Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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