Polyura schreiber, female, Java (type locality).
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Charaxinae
Tribus: Charaxini
Genus: Polyura
Species: Polyura schreiber
Subspecies: P. s. assamensis – P. s. balambangana – P. s. bilarensis – P. s. ikami – P. s. lindae – P. s. luzonica – P. s. malayica – P. s. mentawaica – P. s. niasica – P. s. praedicta – P. s. schreiber – P. s. tisamenus – P. s. wardii

Name

Polyura schreiber (Godart, 1824)

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: destroyed; neotype to be designated?

Synonyms

  • Nymphalis schreiber Godart, 1824: 852.
  • Charaxes schreiberi [sic] (Godart); Doubleday, 1944: 110.
  • Eulepis schreiber schreiber (Godart); Rothschild & Jordan, 1899: 221.
  • Eriboea schreiber schreiber (Godart); Fruhstorfer, 1914: 725, pl. 135a.
  • Polyura schreiber (Godart); Stichel, 1939: 588.

References

  • Abang, F. ; C.G. Treadaway & H.G. Schroeder, 2004: A contribution to the butterfly fauna of the Island of Balambangan (Malaysia, Sabah) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Futao 47: 6–13.
  • Hanafusa, H. 1993: A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (3). Futao 14: 8–25.
  • Hanafusa, H. 1995: A new subspecies of Poluyra schreiber from Sumbawa Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Futao 20: 16–18.
  • Smiles, R., 1982. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of th British Museum (Natural History); Entomology. 44(3): 115-237. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Blue Nawab
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