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Polyura caphontis

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Polyura caphontis
In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Charaxes
Species:
C. caphontis
Binomial name
Charaxes caphontis
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura caphontis

Charaxes (Polyura) caphontis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is endemic to Fiji.[2]

Subspecies

  • C. c. caphontis (Viti Levu Island, Ovalu Island, Taveuni Island)
  • C. c. nambavatua Smiles, 1982 (Vanua Mbbalavu Island)

References

  1. ^ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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