Polyura hebe

Polyura hebe
Polyura hebe fallax. Mounted specimen from Java. Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Polyura
Species: P. hebe
Binomial name
Polyura hebe
(Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Charaxes hebe (Butler, 1866)
  • Eulepis hebe Rothschild & Jordan, 1898
  • Polyura hebe Smiles, 1982
  • Charaxes albanus Röber, 1895
  • Charaxes ganymedes Staudinger, 1886
  • Charaxes fallax Röber, 1894
  • Eulepis smerdis Moore, [1896]
  • Charaxes fallacides Fruhstorfer, 1895
  • Charaxes plautus Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Eriboea falculus Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Charaxes attalus chersonesus Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Charaxes attalus lombokianus Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Eulepis hebe arnoldi Rothschild, 1899
  • Eulepis hebe kangeanus Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Eulepis hebe baweanicus Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Eriboea hebe nikias Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Eriboea hebe clavata van Eecke, 1918[1]

Polyura hebe, common name plain nawab, is a butterfly belonging to the family brush-footed butterflies.

Subspecies

Description

Polyura hebe has a wingspan reaching about 65 millimetres (2.6 in). In these medium-sized, heavy-bodies butterflies the outer edge of the forewings is concave, with a pointed apex and the hind wings show two short tails. The upperside of the wings is greenish white. A broad dark brown apical border, wide at the apex, but decreasing in width towards the base of the costa, forms a wide internal greenish white band. Also the hindwings show a broad dark brown border, with submargindal small white marks. The underside is brown and has a wide pale silvery green median patch. The caterpillar is bright green and has a black four-horned head.[2][3]

Biology

Larva feed on several plant of the family Leguminosae, sub-family Mimosoideae, mainly Red Saga (Adenanthera pavonina), Albizia falcata, Falcataria moluccana, Petai (Parkia speciosa). [1][3]

Distribution

This species can be found in Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Bali and Borneo. [1]

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