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

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

Subspecies

• Polyura hebe hebe (Butler, 1866) – Sumatra
• Polyura hebe ganymedes (Staudinger, 1886) – Borneo
• Polyura hebe fallax (Röber, 1894) – Java
• Polyura hebe fallacides (Fruhstorfer, 1895) – Nias
• Polyura hebe plautus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Singapore
• Polyura hebe chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Burma
• Polyura hebe lombokianus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Lombok
• Polyura hebe arnoldi (Rothschild, 1899) – Sumba
• Polyura hebe kangeanus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – Kangean Island
• Polyura hebe baweanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – Bawean
• Polyura hebe nikias (Fruhstorfer, 1914) – Bali
• Polyura hebe clavata (van Eecke, 1918) – Simeulue
• Polyura hebe quaesita Corbet, 1942 – Sipora Island
• Polyura hebe takizawai Hanafusa, 1987

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.

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).

Distribution

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

External links

• Pteron World