Polyura hebe

Polyura hebe, the plain nawab, is a butterfly belonging to the brush-footed butterflies family (Nymphalidae).

Polyura hebe
Dorsal view of P. h. fallax from Java
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Polyura
Species:
P. hebe
Binomial name
Polyura hebe
(Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Charaxes hebe (Butler, 1866)
  • Eulepis hebe Rothschild & Jordan, 1898
  • Polyura hebe Smiles, 1982
  • Charaxes albanus Röber, 1895
  • Charaxes ganymedes Staudinger, 1886
  • Charaxes fallax Röber, 1894
  • Eulepis smerdis Moore, [1896]
  • Charaxes fallacides Fruhstorfer, 1895
  • Charaxes plautus Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Eriboea falculus Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Charaxes attalus chersonesus Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Charaxes attalus lombokianus Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Eulepis hebe arnoldi Rothschild, 1899
  • Eulepis hebe kangeanus Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Eulepis hebe baweanicus Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Eriboea hebe nikias Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Eriboea hebe clavata van Eecke, 1918[1]

Subspecies
  • P. h. hebe (Butler, 1866) – Sumatra
  • P. h. ganymedes (Staudinger, 1886) – Borneo
  • P. h. fallax (Röber, 1894) – Java
  • P. h. fallacides (Fruhstorfer, 1895) – Nias
  • P. h. plautus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Singapore
  • P. h. chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Burma
  • P. h. lombokianus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Lombok
  • P. h. arnoldi (Rothschild, 1899) – Sumba
  • P. h. kangeanus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – Kangean Island
  • P. h. baweanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – Bawean
  • P. h. nikias (Fruhstorfer, 1914) – Bali
  • P. h. clavata (van Eecke, 1918) – Simeulue
  • P. h. quaesita Corbet, 1942 – Sipora Island
  • P. h. takizawai Hanafusa, 1987

Description

Polyura hebe has a wingspan of about 65 millimetres (2.6 in). In these medium-sized, heavy-bodies butterflies the outer edge of the forewings is concave, with a pointed apex and the hindwings show two short tails. The upperside of the wings is greenish white. A broad dark brown apical border, wide at the apex, but decreasing in width towards the base of the costa, forms a wide internal greenish-white band. Also the hindwings show a broad dark brown border, with submarginal small white marks. The underside is brown and has a wide pale silvery-green median patch. The caterpillar is bright green and has a black four-horned head.[2][3]

Biology

Larva feed on several plant of the family Leguminosae, sub-family Mimosoideae, mainly red saga (Adenanthera pavonina), Albizia falcata, Falcataria moluccana, and petai (Parkia speciosa).[1][3]

Distribution

This species can be found in Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Bali, and Borneo.[1]

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References
  1. Polyura hebe at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterfly.nss.org Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Butterflies of Singapore


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