Polyura clitarchus
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|image_caption = In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
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|regnum = Animalia
|phylum = Arthropoda
|classis = Insecta
|ordo = Lepidoptera
|familia = Nymphalidae
|genus = Charaxes
|species = C. clitarchus
|binomial = Charaxes clitarchus
|binomial_authority = (Hewitson, 1874)Hewitson, 1874 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
| synonyms = *Polyura clitarchus
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Charaxes (Polyura) clitarchus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Description
Upper surface similar to jupiter, cell in its anterior part, however, with yellow bands. Hindwing with an almost uniform distal margin, exhibiting 3 bluish-green bands the middle one of which consists of isolated maculae, the proximal one being incomplete.
Under surface distinguished by the dark brown basal region being sharply defined and advancing as far as to the end of the cell. The yellowish-white median band extended as far as to the posterior margin, distally deco¬rated by a compact undulate series of brown crescents. Terminal margin like in sempronius. Female similar to the male but larger. Rare in the collections. New Caledonia and Lifu in the Loyalty Islands' Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln {{PD-notice}}
References
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External links
- [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/polyura/ Polyura Billberg, 1820] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Category:Butterflies described in 1874
Category:Butterflies of Oceania
Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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