Polyura moori

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iMalayan Nawab
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Genus: Polyura
Species: P. moori
Binomial name
Polyura moori
(Distant) 1883

The Malayan Nawab (Polyura moori) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

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[edit] Description

[edit] Range

South India, Sri Lanka, Peninsular India, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Goa, Karnataka, Nilgiris, Maharashtra, Goa, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamilnadu, Kerala

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern India (including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Garhwal and Kumaon, Sikkim, Assam , Arunachal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Andamans, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, southern and and eastern China (including Hainan, Guangdong province), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Peninsular and Eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines (Palawan and Leyte), peninsular and Eastern Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, nias, Enggano, Bangka, Java, Bali, Kangean, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Tanahjampea and Kailmantan), Philippines, Papua and New Guinea, Australia

[edit] Status

Very Common. Common. Locally Common. Not uncommon. Not Rare. Rare. Not known to be threatened. Vulnerable. Abundant. Scarce. It is protected by law in India.

[edit] Habitat

Where, altitude, season

[edit] Habits

Flight. Bask. Resting. Mud-puddling. Flowers. Bait. Unpalatability. Mimicry/model. Association with ants. Seasonal Abundance.

[edit] Life History

Broods. Flies during time of year.

[edit] Egg

[edit] Caterpillar

[edit] Pupa

[edit] Foodplants

The butterfly larva generally feed on plants of Family ceae. The recorded host plants are :-

  • a
  • b
  • c

[edit] References

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] See also

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