Polyura epigenes

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Polyura epigenes
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C. epigenes
Binomial name
Charaxes epigenes
(Godman & Salvin, 1888) [1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura epigenes
  • Charaxes (Eulepsis) epigenes f. monochromusNiepelt, 1914

Charaxes (Polyura) epigenes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1888. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. [2]

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Description

E. epigenes Godm. and Salv. becomes interesting by the unlikeness of the sexes, as is never noticed in a similar way in the Eriboea, but only in Charaxes. Male above purple and with a blackish hue over it. Forewing with indistinct, yellowish submarginal and transcellular small streaks. Hindwing with a series of blue spots of the same appearance and distribution as in E. pyrrhus jupiter . Under surface reddish chestnut-brown. Female larger by more than half. Upper surface with a steep vertical whitish longitudinal band being repeated beneath, though softened down and darkened. Salomon Islands. Very rare. But few specimens discovered so far. [3]


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References

  1. Godman & Salvin, 1888 New species of Butterflies collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 1 (2): 90-101, (3): 209-214
  2. Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .