Polyura alphius

Charaxes (Polyura) alphius, or Staudinger's nawab, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1886. It is found on Timor and Sulawesi near the Wallace Line.[2]

Polyura alphius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Charaxes
Species:
C. alphius
Binomial name
Charaxes alphius
Synonyms
  • Polyura alphius
  • Eriboea athamas oitylus Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Charaxes (Eulepis) athamas piepersianus Martin, 1924

Subspecies
  • Charaxes alphius alphius (Timor)
  • Charaxes alphius piepersianus (Martin, 1924) (southern Sulawesi)
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References
  1. Staudinger, 1886 Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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