| Polyura alphius | |
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| figure 11 in Rothschild & Jordan, 1899 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. alphius |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes alphius Staudinger, 1886 [1] | |
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Charaxes (Polyura) alphius, or Staudinger's nawab, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1886. It is found on Timor and Sulawesi near the Wallace Line. [2] Polyura alphius has been considered a subspecies of Polyura athamas Polyura athamas alphius.
