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]
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| Polyura nepenthes nepenthes male verso. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Polyura |
| Species: | P. nepenthes
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| Polyura nepenthes (Grose-Smith, 1883)[1]
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Subspecies
edit- P. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan)
- P. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Jiangxi, Zhejiang)
Biology
editThe larva feeds on Leguminosae.
References
edit- ^ 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Polyura nepenthes.
- Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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