Charaxinae
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 Common Nawab Polyura athamas (Drury) 1773, a charaxine butterfly from India
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Charaxinae or Leafwing is a subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China and southern Australia. Adults are very robust and fast flyers, and are strongly attracted to carrion, dung, and rotten fruits, rarely nectar from flowers.
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[edit] Egg
The eggs are smooth and round and generally with a somewhat concave apex.
[edit] Classification
The subfamily Charaxinae comprises six tribes —Charaxini, Euxanthini, Pallini, Preponini and Anaeini— including 19 genera:
- Polyura, the nawabs
- Charaxes, the rajahs and pashas
- Euxanthe
- Palla
- Prothoe, the Blue Begum
- Agatasa, the Glorious Begum
- Agrias
- Prepona
- Archaeoprepona
- Noreppa
- Anaeomorpha
- Coenophlebia
- Zaretis
- Siderone
- Hypna
- Anaea
- Polygrapha
- Consul
- Memphis
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[edit] Butterfly samples
 Charaxes eurialus |
 Polyura pyrrhus sempronius |
[edit] Live butterflies
 Black Rajah |
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