• Source: Polyura arja

Polyura arja, the pallid nawab, is a butterfly belonging to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.




Subspecies


Polyura arja arja




Description


Polyura arja has a wingspan of 75–80 millimetres (3.0–3.1 in). The outer edge of the forewings is concave and the hindwings show two short blue tails. The upperside of the wings is brown with a broad white or anteriorly pale green band from the inner edge of the forewing to the costal edge of the hindwings, one or two small white spots at the apex of the forewings and a continuous row of white or pale yellow spots running along the outer submargin of the hindwings. The underside of the wings is lighter brown with a quite similar pattern. The body is dark brown.




Distribution


This species can be found in north-east India (Sikkim to Assam), Burma, Thailand and Indochina.




See also


List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)




Bibliography


Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Polyura arja
• Arja
• Polyura
• Polyura moori
• List of butterflies of Bhutan
• List of butterflies of Nepal
• List of butterflies of Thailand
• List of butterflies of Bangladesh
• List of butterflies of Indochina
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)