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Nawab Butterflies
Polyura
Polyura is a subgenus of butterflies also referred to as Nawab butterflies and belonging to the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. Like the large and conspicuous forest queens (subgenus Euxanthe), they belong to the genus Charaxes, unique genus of the tribe Charaxini.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Nawab
speciesPolyura athamas
Indian Nawab
speciesPolyura bharata
Plain Nawab
speciesPolyura hebe
Great Nawab
speciesPolyura eudamippus
Chinese Nawab
speciesPolyura narcaeus
Shan Nawab
speciesPolyura nepenthes
Anomalous Nawab
speciesPolyura agraria
Blue Nawab
speciesPolyura schreiber
Club-tailed Squire
speciesPolyura zoolina
Jewelled Nawab
speciesPolyura delphis
Indian Yellow Nawab
speciesPolyura jalysus
Pallid Nawab
speciesPolyura arja
Stately Nawab
speciesPolyura dolon
Malayan Nawab
speciesPolyura moori
Sulawesi Blue Nawab
speciesPolyura cognatus
Square-winged Red Charaxes
speciesPolyura pleione
Polyura clitarchus
speciesPolyura clitarchus
Falcate Red Charaxes
speciesPolyura paphianus
Polyura jupiter
speciesPolyura jupiter
Polyura gamma
speciesPolyura gamma
Polyura weismanni
speciesPolyura weismanni
Polyura alphius
speciesPolyura alphius
Polyura pyrrhus
speciesPolyura pyrrhus
Polyura paulettae
speciesPolyura paulettae
Polyura kahldeni
speciesPolyura kahldeni
Polyura galaxia
speciesPolyura galaxia
Polyura betsimisaraka
speciesPolyura betsimisaraka
Polyura sacco
speciesPolyura sacco
Polyura ehmckei
speciesPolyura ehmckei
Christmas Emperor
speciesPolyura andrewsi
Fijian Emperor
speciesPolyura caphontis
Polyura gilolensis
speciesPolyura gilolensis
Polyura posidonius
speciesPolyura posidonius
Polyura chersonesus
speciesPolyura chersonesus
Polyura mafugensis
speciesPolyura mafugensis
Polyura dehanii
speciesPolyura dehanii
Polyura epigenes
speciesPolyura epigenes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125647.