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Polyura Billberg, 1820

Nawabs
Polyura Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 79, TS: Papilio pyrrhus Linnaeus
Eulepis Scudder, 1875; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10: 170 (nec Eulepis Billberg, 1820), TS: Papilio athamas Drury
Murwareda Moore, [1896]; Lepidoptera Indica 2 : 263, TS: Charaxes dolon Westwood
Pareriboea Roepke, 1938; Rhopal. Javan.: 346 (nom. nud.), TS: Papilio athamas Drury
Pareriboea Roepke, 1938
Polyura, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Pareriboea ; Hemming, 1964, Annot. lep. (4): 126 (TS)
Polyura (Charaxini) ; [Wahlberg]

Polyura athamas (Drury, [1773])

Tibet, China, Assam, Burma, Ceylon, Peninsular India, Malaya, S.China. See [About maps] Common Nawab
Papilio athamas Drury, [1773]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: index, 5, pl. 2, f. 4, TL: China
Polyura athamas athamas, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
athamus ; [EOB, (misspelling?)]
Polyura agraria ; [BOR, 386]
Polyura athamas ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 1]; [BOR, 386]; [MRS, 412]

1224x1268 (~251Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Acacia, Caesalpinia, Poinciana [BHR], Abarema clypearia, Albizia lebbeck, Leucaena leucocephala [MRS]

P. a. athamas

S.China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Charaxes samatha Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 831
Polyura athamas athamas ; [BMP: 198, pl. 29, f. 16-17]; [BOR, 386]

Larva on Albizia, Grewia, Caesalpinia, Acacia [BMP]

P. a. agrarius (Swinhoe, 1887)

S.India Charaxes athamas[?] agrarius Swinhoe, 1887; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1886: 425, p. 40, f. 3
Polyura agraria ; [BOR, 386]
Polyura athamas agrarius ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. andamanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1906)

Andaman Is. Eulepis athamas andamanicus Fruhstorfer, 1906; : 179, 180, TL: Andaman
Polyura athamas andamanica ; [BOR, 386]
Polyura athamas andamanicus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. madeus Rothschild²

Sri Lanka Polyura athamas madeus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. uraeus (Rothschild, 1899)

Borneo, Natuna Eulepis uraeus Rothschild, 1899; Novit. zool. 6: 254
Polyura athamas uraeus ; [BMP: 198, pl. 29, f. 18]; [BOR, 386]

P. a. faliscus Fruhstorfer²

Sumatra Polyura athamas faliscus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. kannegieteri Lathy²

Nias Polyura athamas kannegieteri ; [BOR, 386]

P. a. attalus Felder²

Java fruhstorferi Röber
Polyura athamas attalus ; [BOR, 386]
Polyura agraria fruhstorferi ; [BOR, 386 (note)]

P. a. stratiocus Fruhstorfer²

Lombok Polyura athamas stratiocus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. sumbaensis Swinhoe²

Sumba, Flores Polyura agraria sumbaensis ; [BOR, 386 (note)]
Polyura athamas sumbaensis ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. menaius Fruhstorfer²

Sumbawa Polyura athamas menaius ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. alphius (Staudinger, 1886)

Timor Charaxes alphius Staudinger, 1886; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (14): 172, TL: Savu?
oitylus Fruhstorfer²
Polyura athamas alphius ; [BAUR, 244]
Polyura alphius ;

P. a. palawanicus Rothschild²

Philippines (Palawan) Polyura athamas palawanica ; [BOR, 386]
Polyura athamas palawanicus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. acutus Rothschild²

Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Bohol, Mindanao) Polyura athamas acuta ; [BOR, 386]
Polyura athamas acutus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. a. pierpesianus Martin²

Sulawesi Polyura agraria pierpesianus ; [BOR, 386 (note)]
Polyura athamas pierpesianus ; [Bernard Rond]

Polyura delphis (Doubleday, 1843)

Assam - Burma, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Jewelled Nawab
Charaxes delphis Doubleday, 1843; Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 1 (3): 217, pl. 7, TL: "Silhet"
Polyura delphis delphis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura delphis ; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 2]; [BOR, 388]

P. d. delphis

Sikkim, Assam - Thailand Polyura delphis delphis ; [BOR, 388]

P. d. concha (Vollenhoeven, 1861)

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra Charaxes concha Vollenhoven, 1861; Tijdschr. Ent. 4 (5/6): 162, pl. 10, f. 1, 3
Polyura delphis concha, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura delphis concha ; [BMP: 199, pl. 30, f. 6]; [BOR, 388]

P. d. delphinion Fruhstorfer²

Borneo Polyura delphis delphinion ; [Bernard Rond]

P. d. othonis Fruhstorfer²

Nias Polyura delphis othonis ; [BOR, 388]

P. d. cygnus Rothschild²

Java Polyura delphis cygnus ; [BOR, 388]

P. d. niveus Rothschild²

Palawan Polyura delphis niveus ; [BOR, 388]

Polyura dolon (Westwood, 1847)

Tibet, W.China, Kulu - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Stately Nawab
Charaxes dolon Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 55, pl. 27, f. 2-3
Polyura dolon ; [BOW: pl. 197, f. 9]; [BOR, 390]; [MRS, 416]

P. d. dolon

NW.India, Nepal Polyura dolon dolon ; [BOR, 390]

P. d. centralis Rothschild²

Sikkim Polyura dolon centralis ; [BOR, 390]

P. d. magniplagus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

Assam - Manipur, Yunnan Eriboea dolon magniplagus Fruhstorfer, 1914; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 723 (9 March, 1914), pl. 134 c
?magniplaga Rothschild, 1899
Polyura dolon magniplagus ; [Bernard Rond]
Polyura dolon magniplaga ; [BOR, 390]
Polyura dolon mangiplaga ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 90 (note)

P. d. grandis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1898)

Burma, Thailand, Laos Polyura dolon grandis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura dolon grandis ; [BOR, 390]

P. d. carolus (Fruhstorfer, 1904)

N.Assam, N.Burma, Tibet Eulepis carolus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Insekten-Börse 21 (48): 381
Polyura dolon carolus ; [BOR, 390]; [MRS, 416]

Polyura eudamippus (Doubleday, 1843)

C.China, Kumaon - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Great Nawab
Charaxes eudamippus Doubleday, 1843; Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 1 (3): 218, pl. 8
Polyura eudamippus ; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 3]; [BOR, 389]; [MRS, 413]

Larva on Rhamnella franguloides, Celtis boninensis [BHR]

P. e. eudamippus

Nepal, Sikkim, Assam - Manipur Polyura eudamippus eudamippus ; [BOR, 389]

P. e. nigrobasalis (Lathy, 1898)

Burma, Thailand - Indo China, S.Yunnan Polyura eudamippus nigrobasalis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura eudamippus nigrobasalis ; [BOR, 389]

P. e. jamblichus Fruhstorfer²

S.Burma (Tenasserim) Polyura eudamippus jamblichus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. e. cupidinius (Fruhstofer)

Yunnan Polyura eudamippus cupidinius ; [BOR, 389]; [MRS, 413]

Larva on Albizzia spp. [MRS]

P. e. rothschildi (Leech)

Polyura rothschildi ; [EBW]
Polyura eudamippus rothschildi ; [MRS, 413]

P. e. whiteheadi (Crowley)

Hainan Polyura eudamippus whiteheadi ; [BOR, 389]; [MRS, 413]

P. e. kuangtungensis (Mell)

Kuang Tung Polyura eudamippus kuangtungensis ; [BOR, 389]; [MRS, 413]

P. e. formosana (Rothschild)

Taiwan Polyura eudamippus formosana ; [BOR, 389]; [MRS, 413]

P. e. peninsularis (Pendlebury, 1933)

Peninsular Malaya Eriboea peninsularis Pendlebury, 1933; J. Fed. Malay St. Mus., 17 (2): 398
Polyura eudamippus peninsularis ; [BMP: 199, pl. 30, f. 7]; [BOR, 389]

P. e. splendens (Tytler, 1940)

Yunnan Polyura eudamippus splendens ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 90 (note)

P. e. weismanni Fritze²

Okinava Polyura eudamippus weismanni ; [Bernard Rond]

Polyura pyrrhus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Timor, Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia. See [About maps] Papilio pyrrhus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 462
Polyura pyrrhus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 7]

Larva on Acacia, Albizia, Robinia, Kurrajong, Cassia, Celtis, Ponsiana [BAUR]

P. p. pyrrhus

Ambon, Serang

P. p. jovis Staudinger²

Sumbawa Polyura pyrrhus jovis ; [Bernard Rond]
Polyura galaxia jovis ; [BOR, 384]

P. p. galaxia (Butler, [1866])

Timor Charaxes galaxia Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 633, pl. 37, f. 2
Polyura galaxia ; [BOR, 384]
Polyura pyrrhus galaxia ; [Bernard Rond]

P. p. kalaonicus Rothschild & Jordan²

Kalao, Flores Polyura pyrrhus kalaonicus ; [Bernard Rond]
Polyura galaxia kalaonica ; [BOR, 384]

P. p. aloranus Rothschild²

Alor Polyura pyrrhus aloranus ; [Bernard Rond]
Polyura galaxia alorana ; [BOR, 384]

P. p. pyrrhulus Fruhstorfer²

Wetar Polyura pyrrhus pyrrhulus ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. lettianus Rothschild & Jordan²

Letti Polyura pyrrhus lettianus ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. babbericus Fruhstorfer²

Babar Polyura pyrrhus babbericus ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. antigonus Fruhstorfer²

Damar Polyura pyrrhus antigonus ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. romanus Fruhstorfer²

Roma Polyura pyrrhus romanus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. p. sempronius (Fabricius, 1793)

Australia Tailed Emperor Four Tail
Papilio sempronius Fabricius, 1793
Jasia australis Swainson, [1833]
Charaxes tyrtaeus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859
Polyura sempronius, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Polyura sempronius ; [AUCL]
Polyura pyrrhus sempronius ; [Bernard Rond]; [BAUR, 244]

Larva on Celtis paniculata, C. philippensis, C. sinensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Robinia pseudoacacia, Caesalpinia ferrea, C. gilliesii, Cassia alata, C. fistula, C. surattensis, Delonix regia, Abarema sapindoides, Acacia baileyana, A. cyanophylla, A. dealbata, A. decurrens, A. longifolia, A. maidenii, A. neriifolia, A. podalyriifolia, A. spectabilis, Adenanthera abrosperma, Albizia lebbeck, Albizia lophantha, A. retusa, Paraserianthes toona, Guilfoylia monostylis, Brachychiton acerifolium, B. populneum, Lagerstroemia indica K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

P. p. bandanus Rothschild & Jordan²

Banda Polyura pyrrhus bandanus ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. buruensis Rothschild & Jordan²

Buru Polyura pyrrhus buruensis ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. obiensis Rothschild & Jordan²

Obi Polyura pyrrhus obiensis ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. gilolensis Butler²

Bacan, Halmahera Polyura pyrrhus gilolensis ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. tiberius Waterhouse²

Lord Howe Is. Polyura pyrrhus tiberius ; [BAUR, 244 (text)]

P. p. scipio Rothschild²

Suma Polyura galaxia scipio ; [BOR, 384]

Polyura hebe (Butler, [1866])

-. See [About maps] Charaxes hebe Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 634, pl. 37, f. 3
Polyura hebe ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. hebe

Sumatra Polyura hebe hebe ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. plautus (Fruhstorfer, 1898)

Singapore Charaxes plautus Fruhstorfer, 1898; Ent. Nachr. 24 (4): 54
Polyura hebe plautus ; [BMP: pl. 29, f. 20 (not hebe chersonesa)]; [BOR, 386]

P. h. chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898)

Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Burma hebe chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898); [BMP: 199]
Charaxes chersonesus Fruhstorfer, 1898; Ent. Nachr. 24 (4): 54n
Polyura hebe chersonesus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura hebe chersonesa ; [BMP: 199, pl. 29, f. 19]
Polyura hebe chersoneus ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. clavata van Eecke²

Simeulue Polyura hebe clavata ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. quasita Corbet²

Sipora I. Polyura hebe quasita ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. fallacides Fruhstorfer²

Nias Polyura hebe fallacides ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. ganymedes Staudinger²

Borneo Polyura hebe ganymedes ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. fallax Röber²

Java Polyura hebe fallax ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. nikias Fruhstorfer²

Bali Polyura hebe nikias ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. kangeanus Fruhstorfer²

Kangean Is. Polyura hebe kangeana ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. lombokianus Fruhstorfer²

Lombok Polyura hebe lombokiana ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. baweanicus Fruhstorfer²

Bawean Polyura hebe baweanica ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. arnoldi Rothschild²

Sumba Polyura hebe arnoldi ; [BOR, 386]

P. h. takizawai Hanafusa, 1987

Polyura hebe takizawai Hanafusa, 1987; Iwase No. 4: 19, pl. 6, f. 3-6

Polyura jalysus (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Charaxes jalysus C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 438, pl. 59, f. 5
Polyura jalysus jalysus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura jalysus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 4]; [BOR, 388]

P. j. jalysus

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?Thailand, Vietnam Polyura jalysus jalysus ; [BMP: 199, pl. 30, f. 4]; [BOR, 388]

P. j. ephebus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

Burma Polyura jalysus ephebus ; [BOR, 388]
Polyura ephebus ; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 5 (text only)]

P. j. triphonius Fruhstorfer²

Borneo Polyura jalysus triphonius ; [BOR, 388]

Polyura jupiter (Butler, 1869)

-. See [About maps] Charaxes jupiter Butler, 1869; Lepid. Exotica (2): 14, pl. 5, f. 4, 7

Larva on Albizia stipulata [BAUR]

P. j. jupiter

W.Papua Polyura jupiter jupiter ; [BAUR, 245]
Polyura pyrrhus jupiter ;

P. j. kronos (Honrath, 1888)

Bismarck Archipelago jupiter kronos (Honrath, 1888) (Charaxes); Berl. ent. Z. 32: 250
Polyura jupiter kronus[sic] ; [BAUR, 245 (text)]
Polyura jupiter kronos ; [Bernard Rond]

P. j. admiralitatis (Rothschild, 1915)

Admiralty Is. jupiter admiralitatis (Rothschild, 1915) (Eulepis); Novit. Zool. 22: 208
Polyura jupiter admiralitatis ; [BAUR, 245 (text)]

P. j. attila (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Guadalcanal jupiter attila (Grose-Smith, 1889) (Charaxes); Ent. Mon. Mag. 25: 301, TL: Solomons, Guadalcanal
Polyura jupiter attila ; [BAUR, 245]

P. j. editha (Ribbe, 1899)

Bougainville jupiter editha (Ribbe, 1899) (Charaxes); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 11 (1): 131
Polyura jupiter editha ; [BAUR, 245 (text)]

P. j. keianus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1897)

Key jupiter keianus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1897) (Charaxes); Novit. Zool. 4: 508, TL: Kei-Inseln
Polyura jupiter keianus ; [BAUR, 245 (text)]

P. j. seitzi (Rothschild & Jordan, 1897)

Tanimbar jupiter seitzi (Rothschild & Jordan, 1897) (Charaxes); Novit. Zool. 4: 508, TL: Tanimbar
Polyura jupiter seitzi ; [BAUR, 245 (text)]

P. j. watubela (Rothschild, 1903)

Watubela jupiter watubela (Rothschild, 1903) (Eulepis); Novit. Zool. 10 (2): 311
Polyura jupiter watubela ; [BAUR, 245 (text)]

Polyura moori (Distant, 1883)

Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Malayan Nawab
Charaxes moori Distant, 1883; Rhopalocera Malayana (4): 108, pl. 13, f. 3
Polyura moori, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Polyura moori moori, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
moorei? ;
Polyura moori ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 5]; [BOR, 388]

P. m. moori

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Singapore, Langkawi I. Polyura moori moori ; [BMP: 199, pl. 30, f. 3]; [BOR, 388]

P. m. sandakanus (Fruhstorfer, 1898)

Sikkim, Assam - Burma Polyura moori sandakana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura moori sandakanus ; [BOR, 388]
Polyura moori sandakana ;

P. m. khaba Kheil²

Nias Polyura moori khaba ; [BOR, 388]

P. m. javanus Röber²

Java Polyura moori javana ; [BOR, 388]

P. m. chalazias Fruhstorfer²

Bali Polyura moori chalazias ; [BOR, 388]

P. m. saida Preyer & Cator²

Borneo, Natuna Is. ?moori heracles Röber²; (Borneo)
Polyura moori saida ; [BOR, 388]
?Polyura moori heracles ; [Bernard Rond]

Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854)

China, Naga Hills, Abor Valley, N.Burma. See [About maps] China Nawab
narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854); : 87
Polyura narcaea ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 197, f. 10]; [MRS, 413]
Polyura narcaeus ; [BOR, 389]

P. n. meghaduta (Fruhstorfer)

Taiwan Polyura narcaeus meghaduta ; [BOR, 389]
Polyura narcaea meghaduta ; [MRS, 413]

Larva on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pithecellobium lucidum, Prunus phaeosticta [MRS]

P. n. aborica Evans²

SE.Tibet, N.Assam Polyura narcaeus aborica ; [BOR, 389]

P. n. thawgawa Tytler, 1940

C.Burma - Vietnam, Yunnan Polyura narcaeus thawgawa, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura narcaeus thawgawa ; [BOR, 389]
Polyura narcaea thawgawa ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 90 (note)

P. n. lissainei Tytler²

Assam (Naga Hills) - Thailand Polyura lissanei[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 197, f. 10 (text only)]
Polyura narcaeus lissainei ; [BOR, 389]

Polyura schreiber (Godart, [1824])

India, Assam - Burma, Malaya, Java. See [About maps] Blue Nawab
Nymphalis schreiber Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 825, no. 11-12
Polyura schreiberi, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Polyura schreiberi ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 150, f. 8]
Polyura schreiber ; [BOR, 384]; [MRS, 413]

Larva on Rourea santaloides, Wagatea spicata [BIR]

P. s. schreiber

Java Polyura schreiber schreiber ; [BOR, 384]

P. s. tisamenus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung Is. Eriboea tisamenus Fruhstorfer, 1914; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 725 (9 March, 1914)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; [BMP: 199, pl. 30, f. 5]; [BOR, 384]

Larva on Nephelium lappaceum [BOR, 386]

P. s. wardii Moore²

S.India Polyura schreiber wardii ; [BOR, 386]

P. s. assamensis (Rothschild, 1899)

Assam - Thailand, Indo China, S.Yunnan Polyura schreiber assamensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura schreiber assamensis ; [BOR, 386]; [MRS, 413]

P. s. niasicus Butler²

Nias Polyura schreiber masica[sic] ; [BOR, 386 (missp.)]

P. s. entheatus Fruhstorfer²

Beleitung Polyura schreiber entheatus ; [Bernard Rond]

P. s. valesius Fruhstorfer²

Sumatra Polyura schreiber valesius ; [Bernard Rond]

P. s. malayicus Rothschild²

Borneo Polyura schreiber malayica ; [BOR, 386]

P. s. luzonicus Rothschild²

Philippines (Luzon, Bataan) Polyura schreiber luzonica ; [BOR, 386]

P. s. bilarensis Jumalon²

Philippines (Panaon, Bohol) Polyura schreiber bilarensis ; [BOR, 386]

P. s. predictus Schröder & Treadaway²

Philippines (Palawan) Polyura schreiber predictus ; [BOR, 386]

Polyura arja (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

NE.India, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Thailand, Indo China. See [About maps] Pallid Nawab
Charaxes arja C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 438, TL: "Silhet"
Polyura arja arja, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura arja ; [BOR, 386]; [MRS, 412]

Polyura cognatus Vollenhoven, 1861

Celebes. See [About maps] Polyura cognatus Vollenhoven, 1861; Tijdschr. Ent. 4 (5/6): 159, pl. 9, f. 1-2, TL: Celebes
Polyura cognatus ; [BOR, 384]
Polyura cognata ;

Polyura dehanii (Westwood, [1850])

Java, Sumatra. See [About maps] dehanii (Westwood, 1850); Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 308
?kadeni Felder
Polyura dehaani ; [EBW]
Polyura dehaani Doubleday²; [BOW: pl. 147, f. 18 (spell.?)]

P. d. dehanii

Java Polyura dehanii dehanii ; [BOR, 384]

P. d. sulthan (Hagen, 1896)

Sumatra Polyura dehanii sulthan ; [BOR, 384]

Polyura epigenes Godman & Salvin, 1888²

Aola, Guadalcanal. See [About maps] epigenes Godman & Salvin, 1888²; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 1: 210
Polyura epigenes ; [BAUR, 246]; [EBW, (name only)]

Polyura nepenthes (Grose-Smith, 1883)

E.China. See [About maps] nepenthes (Grose-Smith, 1883); Ent. mon. Mag. 20: 58
Polyura nepenthes nepenthes, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polyura nepenthes ; [MRS, 417]

P. n. nepenthes

Burma, Thailand, Indo China, S.China, Hainan Polyura nepenthes nepenthes ; [BOR, 390]

Larva on Leguminosae [MRS]

P. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle)

nepenthes kiangsiensis ; [MRS, 417]

Polyura posidonius (Leech, 1891)

Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] posidonius (Leech, 1891); The Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 31
Polyura posidonius ; [BOW: pl. 197, f. 11]; [MRS, 418]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

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[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[BHR]

D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[Bernard Rond]

e-mail: Bernard Rond

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[EOB]

Feltwell, J.; The Encyclopedia of Butterflies; Prentice Hall, 1993; ISBN 0-671-86828-4

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Butler, [1866]

Monograph of the Species of Charaxes, a Genus of diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 622-639, pl. 36-37

Butler, 1869

Lepidoptera Exotica, or descriptions and illustrations of exotic Lepidoptera Lepid. Exotica (1): 1-8, pl. 1-3 (1869), (2): 9-16, pl. 4-6 (1869), (3): 17-24, pl. 7-9 (1869), (4): 25-32, pl. 10-12 (1870), (5): 33-42, pl. 13-15 (1870), (6): 43-50, pl. 16-19 (1870), (7): 51-58, pl. 20-22 (1870), (8): 59-66, pl. 23-25 (1871), (9): 67-74, pl. 26-28 (1871), (10): 75-84, pl. 29-32 (1871), (11): 85-94, pl. 33-35 (1872), (12): 95-104, pl. 36-38 (1872), (13): 105-114, pl. 39-41 (1872), (14): [115],[116],117-120, pl. 42-44 (1872), (15): 121-128, pl. 45-48 (1873), (17): 137-144, pl. 49-51 (1873), (18): 145-152, pl. 52-54 (1873), (19): 153-162, pl. 55-57 (1873), (20): 163-174, pl. 58-60 (1874), (21): 175-190, pl. 61-64 (1874)

Doubleday, 1843

Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Charaxes des Index orientales, de la Collection de M. Henri Doubleday Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 1 (3): 217-220, pl. 7, 8

Westwood, 1850

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), 19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), 133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

Drury, [1773]

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: 130pp, 50pls (1770), index to vol. 1 (1773)

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" - Zoolog. 2 (2). Lepidoptera 1. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): Heft (3), 379-548, pls. 48-74

Fruhstorfer, 1898

Ueber einige Charaxes-Arten Ent. Nachr. 24 (4): 53-60 ([15] February)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Zwei neue Charaxes Insekten-Börse 21 (48): 381 (24 November)

Fruhstorfer, 1914

6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 453-456 (31 January, 1912), 457-488 (18 March, 1912), 489-496 (25 May, 1912), 489-496 (10 May, 1912), 497-504 (15 April, 1912), 505-512 (10 May, 1912), 513-528 (11 April, 1912), 529-552 (20 April, 1912), 553-592 (15 May, 1912), 593-616 (25 September, 1912), 617-632 (15 October, 1912), 633-640 (25 October, 1912), 641-656 (10 January, 1913), 657-664 (12 January, 1913), 665-680 (13 January, 1913), 681-688 (25 January, 1913), 689-696 (16 June, 1913), 697-704 (5 August, 1913), 705-712 (20 January, 1914), 713-720 (20 November, 1913), 721-744 (9 March, 1914), 745-751 (30 July, 1915), 753-760 (28 March, 1914), 761-766 (14 April, 1914)

Godart, [1824]

in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 (2): 329-828 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 329-828

Grose-Smith, 1889

Descriptions of new species of butterflies captured by Mr. C.M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands Ent. Mon. Mag. 25: 299-303

Hanafusa, 1987

New subspecies of Charaxes, Polyura and Moduza from South East Asia Iwase No. 4: 19-24

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Moore, [1879]

A List of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserium, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 821-859, pls. 51-53

Moore, [1896]

- Lepidoptera Indica 2 : 1-112 (1893),, 113-176 (1894),, 177-248 (1895),, 249-274 (1896)

Pendlebury, 1933

Notes and new Records of Butterflies from the Malay Peninsula J. Fed. Malay St. Mus., 17 (2): 377-401

Ribbe, 1899

Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomon-Archipels in der Süd-See Dt. ent. Z. Iris 11 (1): 35-133

Rothschild, 1903

Some new butterflies and moths Novit. Zool. 10 (2): 309-312

Rothschild, 1899

A Monograph of Charaxes and the allied prionopterous Genera. (2) Novit. zool. 6: 220-286, 4 figs.

Scudder, 1875

Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10: 91-293

Staudinger, 1886

Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)

Vollenhoven, 1861

Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de Lépidoptères Tijdschr. Ent. 4 (5/6): 157-163, pl. 8-10

Westwood, 1847

The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, being... Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [2] + 2 + 88pp, 42 pls (in parts)

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