Polyura dolon
| Stately nawab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Polyura |
| Species: | P. dolon
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyura dolon (Westwood, 1848)
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Eriboea dolon | |
Polyura dolon, the stately nawab or stately rajah (because it was formerly placed in Charaxes), is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm belonging to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family.1983 [1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Polyura dolon dolon present in India and Nepal.
- Polyura dolon carolus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) [2]present in Tibet and Burma.
- Polyura dolon centralis Rothschild, 1899 [3] present in Sikkim
- Polyura dolon grandis (Rothschild, 1899) [4] present in Laos, Burma, Vietnam and Thailand
- Polyura dolon magniplagus (Fruhstorfer, 1914) [5] present in Assam
- Polyura dolon southernensis present in Vietnam [6]
Description
[edit]Polyura dolonis a large butterfly with concave outer outer edges and hindwings with two slender tails.The upper side is creamy white, widely marked with brown on the forewings, the costal margin and the apex of the 1/3 of the costal margin at the inner angle inclusive, with a line of white dots. The hindwings are only decorated with submarginal taches and lunules.The reverse is white with brown lines, costal marginal and from the inner angle to the costal margin on the forewings, curved from the costal edge to the outer edge near the angle and submarginal on the hindwings.[7]
Distribution
[edit]Polyura dolon is found in Nepal, Tibet, India, western China, Laos, Burma, and Thailand.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ D'Abrera, B., 1983. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.
- ^ Fruhstorfer, H. , 1904; Insekten-Börse 21 (48): 381 Type locality Siao-Lou, Szechuan
- ^ Rothschild, W., 1899; Novitates Zoologicae 6 (2): 275 Type locality Sikkim
- ^ Rothschild, W., 1899 Novitates Zoologicae 6 (2): 275; Type locality Shan States
- ^ Fruhstorfer, H. 1904 Insekten-Börse 21 (48): 381 Type localty Assam
- ^ Yoshino, 2017 Butterfly Science 7: 29 Type locality Dalat, 1500m, South Vietnam
- ^ Westwood, J.O. 1848 The cabinet of Oriental entomology, being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured. W. Smith, London. 88 pp., 42 pls.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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