Polyura caphontis

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Polyura caphontis
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Charaxes III.jpg
In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
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C. caphontis
Binomial name
Charaxes caphontis
(Hewitson, 1863) [1]
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  • 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] The only species of the genus [Eriboea (Polyura pars]with a reddish-brown double-row on the upper surface of the hindwings. The under surface of the male is dark chestnut brown, of the female greyish-brown. The markings of the upper surface are repeated, except the greenish band of the hindwings, which, moreover, in the female consists only of a thin line on the upper surface. Flying time according to Woodford in November, the rainy period, in the Fidji Islands. According to Rothschild and Jordan there are also males with a yellowish median band being distinctly pronounced also on the under surface of the hindwing

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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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