Polyura alphius

Polyura alphius
	figure 11 in Rothschild & Jordan, 1899
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. alphius
Binomial name
	Charaxes alphius; Staudinger, 1886
Synonyms
	Polyura alphius; Eriboea athamas oitylus Fruhstorfer, 1914; Charaxes (Eulepis) athamas piepersianus Martin, 1924;

Species of butterfly

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 has been considered a subspecies of Polyura athamas Polyura athamas alphius.

Subspecies

Charaxes alphius alphius (Timor)
Charaxes alphius piepersianus (Martin, 1924) (southern Sulawesi)

References

^ Staudinger, 1886 Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

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

Data related to Polyura alphius at Wikispecies

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[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