Polyura clitarchus

Polyura clitarchus
	In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. clitarchus
Binomial name
	Charaxes clitarchus; (Hewitson, 1874)
Synonyms
	Polyura clitarchus;

Charaxes (Polyura) clitarchus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.^[2]

Description

Upper surface similar to jupiter, cell in its anterior part, however, with yellow bands. Hindwing with an almost uniform distal margin, exhibiting 3 bluish-green bands the middle one of which consists of isolated maculae, the proximal one being incomplete. Under surface distinguished by the dark brown basal region being sharply defined and advancing as far as to the end of the cell. The yellowish-white median band extended as far as to the posterior margin, distally deco¬rated by a compact undulate series of brown crescents. Terminal margin like in sempronius. Female similar to the male but larger. Rare in the collections. New Caledonia and Lifu in the Loyalty Islands' ^[3]

References

^ Hewitson, 1874 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
^ Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

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

Data related to Polyura clitarchus at Wikispecies

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[1] Hewitson, 1874 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[3] Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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