Polyura pyrrhus

Charaxes (Polyura) pyrrhus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in the Australasian realm including New Guinea, Australia, Timor, Moluccas.

Polyura pyrrhus
Polyura pyrrhus pyrrhus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. pyrrhus
Binomial name
Charaxes pyrrhus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio pyrrhus Linnaeus, 1758 Polyura pyrrhus Papilio canomaculatus Goeze, 1779 Papilio sempronius Fabricius, 1793 Jasia australis Swainson, 1833 Charaxes tyrtaeus C. & R. Felder, 1859 Charaxes galaxia Butler, [1866] Eulepis pyrrhus pyrrhulus Fruhstorfer, 1903 Charaxes jovis Staudinger, 1895 Eulepis pyrrhus bandanus Rothschild, 1898 Eulepis pyrrhus lettianus Rothschild, 1898 Eulepis pyrrhus aloranus Rothschild, 1898 Eulepis pyrrhus kalaonicus Rothschild, 1898 Eulepis pyrrhus scipio Rothschild, 1898 Eulepis pyrrhus babbericus Fruhstorfer, 1903 Eulepis pyrrhus antigonus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Eulepis pyrrhus romanus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Eulepis pyrrhus tiberius Waterhouse, 1920

Subspecies

• C. p. pyrrhus (Buru, Ambon, Seram, Saraparua, Batjan)
• C. p. sempronius (Fabricius, 1793) (Australia)
• C. p. galaxia (Butler, [1866]) (Timor, Wetar)
• C. p. jovis (Staudinger, 1895) (Sumbawa)
• C. p. bandanus (Rothschild, 1898) (Banda Island)
• C. p. lettianus (Rothschild, 1898) (Letti)
• C. p. aloranus (Rothschild, 1898) (Alor)
• C. p. kalaonicus (Rothschild, 1898) (Kalao, Flores)
• C. p. scipio (Rothschild, 1898) (Sumba)
• C. p. babbericus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Babar)
• C. p. antigonus(Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Sermata, Damar)
• C. p. romanus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Romang)
• C. p. tiberius (Waterhouse, 1920) (Lord Howe Island)

Biology

The larva feeds on species in the genera Acacia, Albizia, Robinia, Cassia, Celtis and Ponsiana.

External links

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