Polyura dolon
species of insect
Polyura dolon, the stately nawab or stately rajah (because it was formerly placed in Charaxes), is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm belonging to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Subspecies
Polyura dolon dolon present in India and Nepal.
Polyura dolon carolus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) present in Tibet and Burma.
Polyura dolon centralis Rothschild, 1899 present in Sikkim
Polyura dolon grandis (Rothschild, 1899) present in Laos, Burma, Vietnam and Thailand
Polyura dolon magniplagus (Fruhstorfer, 1914) present in Assam
Polyura dolon southernensis present in Vietnam
Description
Polyura dolonis a large butterfly with concave outer outer edges and hindwings with two slender tails. The upper side is creamy white, widely marked with brown on the forewings, the costal margin and the apex of the 1/3 of the costal margin at the inner angle inclusive, with a line of white dots. The hindwings are only decorated with submarginal taches and lunules. The reverse is white with brown lines, costal marginal and from the inner angle to the costal margin on the forewings, curved from the costal edge to the outer edge near the angle and submarginal on the hindwings.
Distribution
Polyura dolon is found in Nepal, Tibet, India, western China, Laos, Burma, and Thailand.
See also
Charaxinae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
References
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.).
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