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Polyura schreiber
Species of butterfly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polyura schreiber, the blue nawab,[1][2] is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the Charaxinae (rajahs and nawabs) in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It occurs from south India[2] and Assam through Myanmar, Tenasserim, and Southeast Asia to southern China and to Java, Indonesia.[1]
Quick Facts Blue nawab, Scientific classification ...
Blue nawab | |
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Polyura schreiber wardii | |
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Larva | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Polyura |
Species: | P. schreiber |
Binomial name | |
Polyura schreiber (Godart, [1824]) | |
Synonyms | |
Polyura schreiberi (unjustified emendation) |
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