Polyura pyrrhus
Charaxes (Polyura) pyrrhus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in the Australasian realm including New Guinea, Australia, Timor, Moluccas.[2]
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Species: | C. pyrrhus |
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Subspecies
- C. p. pyrrhus (Buru, Ambon, Seram, Saraparua, Batjan)
- C. p. sempronius (Fabricius, 1793) (Australia)
- C. p. galaxia (Butler, [1866]) (Timor, Wetar)
- C. p. jovis (Staudinger, 1895) (Sumbawa)
- C. p. bandanus (Rothschild, 1898) (Banda Island)
- C. p. lettianus (Rothschild, 1898) (Letti)
- C. p. aloranus (Rothschild, 1898) (Alor)
- C. p. kalaonicus (Rothschild, 1898) (Kalao, Flores)
- C. p. scipio (Rothschild, 1898) (Sumba)
- C. p. babbericus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Babar)
- C. p. antigonus(Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Sermata, Damar)
- C. p. romanus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Romang)
- C. p. tiberius (Waterhouse, 1920) (Lord Howe Island)
Biology
The larva feeds on species in the genera Acacia, Albizia, Robinia, Cassia, Celtis and Ponsiana.
References
- Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition
- 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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