Polyura jupiter

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Polyura jupiter
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Subgenus: Polyura
Species:
P. jupiter
Binomial name
Polyura jupiter
(Butler, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes jupiterButler, 1869
  • Charaxes chlorusFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Eulepis pyrrhus admiralitatisRothschild, 1915
  • Charaxes attilaGrose-Smith, 1889
  • Charaxes pyrrhus keianusRothschild & Jordan, 1897
  • Charaxes pyrrhus seitziRothschild, 1897
  • Eulepis pyrrhus watubelaRothschild, 1903

Polyura jupiter is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia and surrounding islands.

The larvae feed on Albizia stipulata .

Subspecies

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