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Polyura
:''for the monotypic genus of plants, see Polyura geminata'' ''Polyura'' is a subgenus of butterflies also referred to as Nawab butterflies and belonging to the Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. Like the large and conspicuous forest queens (subgenus ''Euxanthe''), they belong to the genus ''Charaxes'', unique genus of the tribe (biology), tribe Charaxini. Distribution ''Polyura'' butterflies are native to the Indomalayan realm, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. They are widespread from Pakistan to Okinawa Island, and from China to Pacific Islands (Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu). Systematics * The subgenus ''Polyura'' was described by the Swedish naturalist Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. * The type species is ''Polyura pyrrhus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus). Taxonomy The subgenus was revised in 1982 by Robert Leslie Smiles based on morphological characters. The genus ''Polyura'' was synonymized with the genus ''Charaxes'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyura Schreiber
''Polyura schreiber'', the blue nawab, is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the Charaxinae (rajahs and nawabs) in the brush-footed butterfly family (biology), family (Nymphalidae). It occurs from south India and Assam through Myanmar, Tenasserim Hills, Tenasserim, and Southeast Asia to southern China and to Java, Indonesia. Description ''Polyura schreiber wardii'' The South Indian subspecies: Male has upperside ground colour black, glossed slightly with dull indigo-blue, or, in some specimens, light green at the base of the wings. Forewings and hindwings with a broad white discal bar from interspace 4 in forewing to just below the apex of the median vein in the hindwing, narrowing on the latter wing to a point. This bar has, on the outer side on both forewings and hindwings, an irregular border of small-blue, which is narrowest anteriorly and broadens posteriorly respectively on both forewings and hindwings. Forewing with, in addition, a white rectangular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
