Biology:Polyura nepenthes

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Polyura nepenthes
Polyura nepenthes nepenthes male verso.jpg
Polyura nepenthes nepenthes male verso.
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Charaxes nepenthes Grose-Smith, 1883
  • Charaxes (Polyura) nepenthes
  • Eriboea nepenthes fugator Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Eriboea nepenthes kiangsiensis Rousseau-Decelle, 1938

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]

Subspecies

  • P. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan)
  • P. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Jiangxi, Zhejiang)

Biology

The larva feeds on Leguminosae.

References

  1. Grose-Smith, 1883 "Descriptions of three new species of Charaxes" Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 20: 57-58
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Polyura nepenthes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=165821. 
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3395872 entry