Polyura nepenthes

Charaxes (Polyura) nepenthes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Polyura nepenthes
Polyura nepenthes nepenthes male verso.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Charaxes
Species:
C. nepenthes
Binomial name
Charaxes nepenthes
Synonyms
  • Polyura nepenthes
  • Eriboea nepenthes fugator Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Eriboea nepenthes kiangsiensis Rousseau-Decelle, 1938

Subspecies
  • C. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan)
  • C. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Kiangsi, Zhejiang)

Biology

The larva feeds on Leguminosae.

gollark: I listen for apioforms in the vicinity, d6.
gollark: How exciting.
gollark: I give the hat to coral, 2d6.
gollark: I hope you mean reptile attack resistance?
gollark: I use 1XP to increase my hat conjuration.

References
  1. Grose-Smith, 1883 "Descriptions of three new species of Charaxes" Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 20: 57-58
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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