Polyura schreiber is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Polyura schreiber

Polyura schreiber

The blue nawab (Polyura schreiber) is a tropical Asian brush-footed butterfly with three known larval food plants.

Family
Genus
Polyura
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Polyura schreiber

Polyura schreiber, commonly known as the blue nawab, is a species of butterfly found across tropical Asia. It is a member of the Charaxinae subfamily, a group consisting of rajahs and nawabs, which falls within the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Its range extends from southern India and Assam, through Myanmar, Tenasserim, and Southeast Asia, to southern China and Java, Indonesia. In terms of ecology, the confirmed known larval host plants for this butterfly are Rourea santaloides, Wagatea spicata, and Bauhinia phoenicea.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Polyura

More from Nymphalidae

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

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