Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854)

Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854)

The China nawab, Polyura narcaeus, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.

Family
Genus
Polyura
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854)

Polyura narcaeus, commonly known as the China nawab, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. This species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1854, and its range covers the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.

Photo: (c) Shriram Bhakare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shriram Bhakare · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Polyura

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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