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Polyura

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Also known as Nawab

Polyura is a subgenus of butterflies also referred to as Nawab butterflies and belonging to the 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 Charaxini.

Species

ズガイカイメン属

Genus

  1. PhylumPorifera
  2. ClassDemospongiae
  3. OrderTetractinellida
  4. FamilyTetillidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
With media
16
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
YPM, FMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), USNM, SAM
Recorded in
East Timor, Perú, Taiwan, India, Colombia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Charaxini
Image
Polyura narcaeus MHNT global.jpg
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Polyura
taxon name
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Category:Polyura
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Distribution
  • Systematics
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

Polyura is a subgenus of butterflies also referred to as Nawab butterflies and belonging to the 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 Charaxini.

== Distribution == Polyura butterflies are native to the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. They are widespread from Pakistan to Okinawa Island, and from China to Pacific Islands (Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polyura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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