Polyura dolon

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iStately Rajah
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Genus: Polyura
Species: P. dolon
Binomial name
Polyura dolon
(Westwood, 1848)
Synonyms

Eriboea dolon
Charaxes dolon

The Stately Rajah (Polyura dolon) is a butterfly found in India belonging to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.


[edit] References

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

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