Polyura nepenthes explained

Polyura nepenthes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

Subspecies

• P. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan)
• P. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Jiangxi, Zhejiang)

Biology

The larva feeds on Leguminosae.

External links

• Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]