Polyura_narcaeus

<i>Polyura narcaeus</i>

Polyura narcaeus

Species of butterfly

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]

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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. [1]
    Hewitson, 1854 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders And William C. Hewitson
  2. [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. [3]
    Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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