Polyura caphontis

Polyura caphontis
In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. caphontis
Binomial name
Charaxes caphontis
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura caphontis

Charaxes (Polyura) caphontis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is endemic to Fiji.[2]

Subspecies

  • C. c. caphontis (Viti Levu Island, Ovalu Island, Taveuni Island)
  • C. c. nambavatua Smiles, 1982 (Vanua Mbbalavu Island)

References

  1. ↑ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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