• Source: Polyura narcaeus

Polyura narcaeus, the China nawab, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1854. It is found in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.




Subspecies


P. n. narcaeus (China, Naga Hills, Abor Valley, North Burma)
P. n. menedemus (Oberthür, 1891) (China: Ta-tsien-lou, Moenia, Yunnan)
P. n. meghaduta (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Taiwan)
P. n. aborica (Evans, 1924) (south-eastern Tibet, northern Assam)
P. n. thawgawa (Tytler, 1940) (central Burma to Vietnam, Yunnan)
P. n. lissainei (Tytler, 1914) (Assam: Naga Hills to Thailand)




Biology


The larva feeds on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pithecellobium lucidum, Prunus phaeosticta.




References






External links



Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Charaxinae
• Polyura narcaeus
• Polyura
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
• List of butterflies of China (Nymphalidae)
• List of butterflies of Indochina