Polyura gamma
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| name = Polyura gamma
| image = Polyura gamma (4).jpg
| image_caption = Polyura gamma (male)
| image2 = Polyura gamma (3).jpg
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Nymphalidae
| genus = Charaxes
| species = C. gamma
| binomial = Charaxes gamma
| binomial_authority = (Lathy, 1898)Lathy, 1898 A new species of Charaxes The Entomologist 31: 226-227
| synonyms = *Polyura gamma
- Eriboea aristophanes Fruhstorfer, 1913
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Charaxes (Polyura) gamma is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1898. It is endemic to New Caledonia.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Description
E. gamma Lathy, is the smallest Eriboea. Above blackish-brown with a short narrow cream-coloured median band and some indistinct, diffuse submarginal spots. Under surface with bands of vandyke-brown and blackish colour and shades. Only two males known, now in the British Museum. Patria probably New Caledonia or the New Hebrides. Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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 1898
Category:Butterflies of Oceania
Category:Taxa named by Percy Ireland Lathy
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