Polyura dehanii

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Polyura dehanii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Charaxes
Species:
C. dehanii
Binomial name
Charaxes dehanii
Westwood, 1850 [1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura dehanii
  • Nymphalis dehaniiWestwood, 1850
  • Charaxes kadeniiC. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Charaxes kadenii var. sulthanHagen, 1896
  • Charaxes kadenii var. sumatranaHagen, 1896

Charaxes (Polyura) dehanii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1850. It is found in the Indomalayan realm in Java (C. d. dehanii) and Sumatra (C. d. sulthan (Hagen, 1896)). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Westwood, 1850 The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of their Habitats and Transformations, and a Catalogue of the Species of Each Genus; Illustrated with 86 Plates by W. C. Hewitson
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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