Polyura

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the brush-footed butterfly genus. For the Rubiaceae genus, see Polyura (plant).
Polyura
Polyura (pyrrhus) sempronius
Polyura (pyrrhus) sempronius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Polyura
Billberg, 1820
Species

Many, see text

Polyura is the genus of nawab butterflies. They belong to the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. Like the large and conspicuous pasha and rajah butterflies (Charaxes) they belong to the Charaxini tribe.

[edit] Species

The following list is neither checked for completeness nor verified for synonymy.

  • Polyura aborica
  • Polyura abrupta
  • Polyura acuminata
  • Polyura acutus
  • Polyura admiralitatis
  • Polyura aemiliani
  • Polyura aeolus
  • Polyura agraria[verification needed] - Anomalous Common Nawab
  • Polyura albanus
  • Polyura aloranus
  • Polyura alphius
  • Polyura andamanicus
  • Polyura andrewsi
  • Polyura antigonus
  • Polyura aristophanes
  • Polyura arja - Pallid Nawab
  • Polyura arna
  • Polyura arnoldi
  • Polyura assamensis
  • Polyura athamas - Common Nawab; includes P. samatha
  • Polyura athamis[verification needed]
  • Polyura attalus
  • Polyura attila
  • Polyura australis
  • Polyura babbericus
  • Polyura bandanus
  • Polyura batavianus
  • Polyura baweanicus
  • Polyura bharata[verification needed]
  • Polyura buruanus
  • Polyura buruensis
  • Polyura canomaculatus
  • Polyura caphontis
  • Polyura carolus
  • Polyura celetis
  • Polyura centralis
  • Polyura chalazias
  • Polyura charata
  • Polyura chersonesus
  • Polyura chlorus
  • Polyura chota
  • Polyura clavata
  • Polyura clitarchus
  • Polyura clitiphon
  • Polyura cognatus
  • Polyura concha
  • Polyura cupidinius
  • Polyura cygnus
  • Polyura dehaanii
  • Polyura delphinion
  • Polyura delphis - Jewelled Nawab
  • Polyura dexippus
  • Polyura dolon - Stately Nawab - formerly "Stately Rajah", in Charaxes
  • Polyura editha
  • Polyura entheatus
  • Polyura ephebus
  • Polyura epigenes
  • Polyura eudamippus - Great Nawab
  • Polyura falculus
  • Polyura faliscus
  • Polyura fallacides
  • Polyura fallax
  • Polyura formosana
  • Polyura fruhstorferi
  • Polyura fugator
  • Polyura galaxia
  • Polyura gamma
  • Polyura genymedes
  • Polyura gilolensis
  • Polyura glauca
  • Polyura grandis
  • Polyura hamasta[verification needed]
  • Polyura hamastiformis
  • Polyura hebe
  • Polyura heracles
  • Polyura intermedia
  • Polyura jalysus
  • Polyura jamblichus
  • Polyura javanus
  • Polyura jovis
  • Polyura jupiter
  • Polyura juta
  • Polyura kaba
  • Polyura kadenii
  • Polyura kailicus
  • Polyura kalaonicus
  • Polyura kangeanus
  • Polyura kannegieteri
  • Polyura keianus
  • Polyura kiangsiensis
  • Polyura kronos
  • Polyura kuangtungensis
  • Polyura lemoulti
  • Polyura lettianus
  • Polyura lissainei
  • Polyura lombokianus
  • Polyura luzonicus
  • Polyura madeus
  • Polyura magniplagus
  • Polyura major
  • Polyura malayicus
  • Polyura mandarinus
  • Polyura marginalis
  • Polyura marginepunctatus
  • Polyura meghaduta
  • Polyura menaius
  • Polyura menedemus
  • Polyura monochromus
  • Polyura moori - Malayan Nawab
  • Polyura narcaea[verification needed] - China Nawab
  • Polyura nepenthes
  • Polyura niasicus
  • Polyura nigra
  • Polyura nigrobasalis
  • Polyura nikias
  • Polyura niveus
  • Polyura noko
  • Polyura obiensis
  • Polyura oitylus
  • Polyura othonis
  • Polyura palawanicus
  • Polyura pallida
  • Polyura peninsularis
  • Polyura phrixus
  • Polyura piepersianus
  • Polyura plautus
  • Polyura posidonius
  • Polyura praedictus
  • Polyura pyrrhulus
  • Polyura pyrrhus - Tailed Nawab or Tailed Emperor
    • Polyura (pyrrhus) sempronius
  • Polyura pyrrichia
  • Polyura quaesita
  • Polyura rectifascia
  • Polyura richthofeni
  • Polyura roeberi
  • Polyura romanus
  • Polyura rothschildi
  • Polyura sacco
  • Polyura saida
  • Polyura sandakanus
  • Polyura satyrina
  • Polyura schreiber - Blue Nawab. schreiberi is an unjustified emendation.
  • Polyura scipio
  • Polyura seitzi
  • Polyura sinica
  • Polyura smerdis
  • Polyura splendens
  • Polyura stratiocus
  • Polyura sulthan
  • Polyura sumatrana
  • Polyura sumbaensis
  • Polyura thawgawa
  • Polyura thibetanus
  • Polyura tiberius
  • Polyura tisamenus
  • Polyura triphonius
  • Polyura tyrtaeus
  • Polyura uraeus
  • Polyura valesius
  • Polyura vernus
  • Polyura walshae
  • Polyura wardii
  • Polyura watubela
  • Polyura weismanni
  • Polyura whiteheadi
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Languages