Charaxes agrarius
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Anomalous Nawab, on Jatropha species in Hyderabad | |
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The anomalous nawab (Charaxes agraria) is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. The name is based on their resemblance to the common nawab Charaxes athamas, which was described prior to the discovery of the species.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Müller, C. J.; Wahlberg, N.; Beheregaray, L. B. (2010). "'After Africa': the evolutionary history and systematics of the genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Indo-Pacific region". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 457–481. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01426.x.
- ^ Aduse-Poku, K.; Vingerhoedt, E.; Wahlberg, N. (2009). "Out-of-Africa again: a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on five gene regions". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 53 (2): 463–78. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.021.
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.