Callerebia Polyphemus
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''Callerebia polyphemus'' is a butterfly found in the east
Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
(western China and Japan) that belongs to the browns family (Nymphalidae). The species was first described by
Charles Oberthür Charles Oberthür (14 September 1845 – 1 June 1924) was a French amateur entomologist specializing in lepidoptera. Biography Charles Oberthür was born in Rennes, the son of the printer François-Charles Oberthür and Marie Hamelin, and brot ...
in 1876.


Description from Seitz

''Callerebia polyphemus'' Oberthür (34 f) is by far the largest form of the whole genus, being easily recognized by the size alone; the upperside of the forewing bears frequently accessory ocelli. — ''hybrida'' Btlr. radesh, India ''Callerebia hybrida'' Butler, 1880(= ''annada'' Marsh and de Nicev. in tab.) (35 a), which is only half the size, has an oval apical ocellus on the forewing and 2 ocelli in the anal area of the underside of the hindwing; comes nearest to the name-typical annada. — ''ophthalmica'' Nicev. = ''Callerebia orixa'' Moore, 1872 sicis exactly like ''orixa'' 'Callerebia orixa'' Moore, 1872 except that but a form of ''annada''; still smaller than the latter, but of exactly the same shape, the anal lobe of the hindwing not being very strongly developed. The border of the ocellus of the forewing is continued towards the hindmargin of the wing as an orange-brown band, within which there are 2 ocelli; the hindwing, too, bears 2 submarginal small ocelli on the upperside. From Western Se-chuen.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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* Satyrini Butterflies described in 1876 Taxa named by Charles Oberthür Butterflies of Japan {{Satyrini-stub