Polyura nepenthes
Polyura nepenthes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. nepenthes |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes nepenthes (Grose-Smith, 1883)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Charaxes (Polyura) nepenthes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
Subspecies
- C. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan)
- C. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Kiangsi, Zhejiang)
Biology
The larva feeds on Leguminosae.
References
External links
- Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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