Polyura epigenes
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Charaxes (Polyura) epigenes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1888. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.[2]
Subspecies
- C. e. epigenes (Tulagi, Guadalcanal)
- C. e. monochroma (Niepelt, 1914) (Bougainville, Shorthlan Island, Choiseul Island, Vella Lavella, Rendova, Santa Isabel)
References
- ^ Godman & Salvin, 1888 New species of Butterflies collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 1 (2): 90-101, (3): 209-214
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
- Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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