Polyura narcaeus
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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|taxon = Polyura narcaeus
|authority = (Hewitson, 1854)Hewitson, 1854 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders And William C. Hewitson
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- 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
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Polyura narcaeus, the China nawab, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.{{LepIndex|id=165803}} It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1854. It is found in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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
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External links
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- [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 1854
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