Polyura narcaeus
Species of butterfly
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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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Polyura |
| Species: | P. narcaeus |
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Subspecies
- P. n. aborica (Evans, 1924) China (Tibet), India (Assam)
- P. n. lissainei (Tytler, 1914) India (Assam), Thailand
- P. n. narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854) China, Myanmar
- P. n. meghaduta (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Taiwan
- P. n. menedemus (Oberthür, 1891) China (Yunnan)
- P. n. thawgawa (Tytler, 1940) China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Vietnam
Biology
The larva feeds on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pithecellobium lucidum, Prunus phaeosticta.
