Polyura sacco

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Polyura sacco
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C. sacco
Binomial name
Charaxes sacco
Smart, 1977 [1]
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Polyura sacco

Charaxes (Polyura) sacco is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Paul Smart in 1977. It is endemic to the New Hebrides.

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Biology

The larva feeds on Poinciana .

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References

  1. Smart, 1977 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 36 (315): 56, f. 1-2

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