Polyura delphis

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Jewelled Nawab

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Genus:	Polyura
Species:	P. delphis

Binomial name

Polyura delphis
(Doubleday, 1843)

The Jewelled Nawab (Polyura delphis) 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.

[edit] References

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