Polyura alphius

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Polyura alphius
Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4) pl. 11.jpg
figure 11 in Rothschild & Jordan, 1899
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C. alphius
Binomial name
Charaxes alphius
Staudinger, 1886 [1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura alphius
  • Eriboea athamas oitylusFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Charaxes (Eulepis) athamas piepersianusMartin, 1924

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.

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References

  1. Staudinger, 1886 Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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