Polyura narcaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Polyura
Species:
P. narcaeus
Binomial name
Polyura narcaeus
(Hewitson, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura narcaeus
  • Nymphalis narcaeus Hewitson, 1854
  • Charaxes mandarinus C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Charaxes narcaeus var. thibetanus Oberthür, 1891
  • Charaxes satyrina Oberthür, 1891
  • Eriboea narcaea f. aemiliani Fernández, 1912
  • Eriboea narcaeus richthofeni Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Eriboea narcaeus richthofeni f. arna Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Eriboea narcaea abrupta Röber, 1925
  • Eriboea narcaea acuminata Lathy, 1926
  • Eriboea narcaea ab. intermedia Lathy, 1926
  • Eriboea narcaea ab. marginepunctatus Lathy, 1926
  • Charaxes satyrina menedemus Oberthür, 1891
  • Eriboea narcaeus meghaduta Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Eriboea narcaea var. formosana Moltrecht, 1909
  • Eriboea narcaea meghaduta ab. pallida Lathy, 1926
  • Eriboea narcaeea aborica Evans, 1924
  • Eriboea narcaea thawgawa Tytler, 1940
  • Eulepis lissainei Tytler, 1914

Polyura narcaeus, the China nawab, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1854. It is found in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.[3]

Subspecies

  • P. n. narcaeus (China, Naga Hills, Abor Valley, North Burma)
  • P. n. menedemus (Oberthür, 1891) (China: Ta-tsien-lou, Moenia, Yunnan)
  • P. n. meghaduta (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Taiwan)
  • P. n. aborica (Evans, 1924) (south-eastern Tibet, northern Assam)
  • P. n. thawgawa (Tytler, 1940) (central Burma to Vietnam, Yunnan)
  • P. n. lissainei (Tytler, 1914) (Assam: Naga Hills to Thailand)

Biology

The larva feeds on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pithecellobium lucidum, Prunus phaeosticta.

References

  1. ↑ Hewitson, 1854 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders And William C. Hewitson
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polyura narcaeus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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