Polyura narcaeus

Charaxes (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.[2]

Polyura narcaeus
From the Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Charaxes
Species:
C. narcaeus
Binomial name
Charaxes narcaeus
(Hewitson, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura narcaeus
  • Nymphalis narcaeus Hewitson, 1854
  • Charaxes mandarinus C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Charaxes narcaeus var. thibetanus Oberthür, 1891
  • Charaxes satyrina Oberthür, 1891
  • Eriboea narcaea f. aemiliani Fernández, 1912
  • Eriboea narcaeus richthofeni Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Eriboea narcaeus richthofeni f. arna Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Eriboea narcaea abrupta Röber, 1925
  • Eriboea narcaea acuminata Lathy, 1926
  • Eriboea narcaea ab. intermedia Lathy, 1926
  • Eriboea narcaea ab. marginepunctatus Lathy, 1926
  • Charaxes satyrina menedemus Oberthür, 1891
  • Eriboea narcaeus meghaduta Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Eriboea narcaea var. formosana Moltrecht, 1909
  • Eriboea narcaea meghaduta ab. pallida Lathy, 1926
  • Eriboea narcaeea aborica Evans, 1924
  • Eriboea narcaea thawgawa Tytler, 1940
  • Eulepis lissainei Tytler, 1914

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

Biology

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

References
  1. Hewitson, 1854 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders And William C. Hewitson
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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