Charaxes (Polyura) pyrrhus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in the Australasian realm including New Guinea, Australia, Timor, Moluccas.[2]
| Polyura pyrrhus | |
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| Polyura pyrrhus pyrrhus | |
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| Species: | C. pyrrhus
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Subspecies edit
- C. p. pyrrhus (Buru, Ambon, Seram, Saraparua, Batjan)
- C. p. sempronius (Fabricius, 1793) (Australia)
- C. p. galaxia (Butler, [1866]) (Timor, Wetar)
- C. p. jovis (Staudinger, 1895) (Sumbawa)
- C. p. bandanus (Rothschild, 1898) (Banda Island)
- C. p. lettianus (Rothschild, 1898) (Letti)
- C. p. aloranus (Rothschild, 1898) (Alor)
- C. p. kalaonicus (Rothschild, 1898) (Kalao, Flores)
- C. p. scipio (Rothschild, 1898) (Sumba)
- C. p. babbericus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Babar)
- C. p. antigonus(Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Sermata, Damar)
- C. p. romanus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Romang)
- C. p. tiberius (Waterhouse, 1920) (Lord Howe Island)
Biology edit
The larva feeds on species in the genera Acacia, Albizia, Robinia, Cassia, Celtis and Ponsiana.
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External links edit
Wikispecies has information related to Polyura pyrrhus.
- Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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