Charaxes agraria

Anomalous nawab
Anomalous Nawab, on Jatropha species in Hyderabad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes[1][2]
Species: C. agraria
Binomial name
Charaxes agraria
Synonyms
  • Polyura agraria
  • Polyura athamas agraria

The anomalous nawab (Charaxes agraria) is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. The name is based on their resemblance to the common nawab Charaxes athamas, which was described prior to the discovery of the species.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Müller, C. J.; Wahlberg, N.; Beheregaray, L. B. (2010). "'After Africa': the evolutionary history and systematics of the genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Indo-Pacific region". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 457–481. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01426.x.
  2. ↑ Aduse-Poku, K.; Vingerhoedt, E.; Wahlberg, N. (2009). "Out-of-Africa again: a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on five gene regions". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 53 (2): 463–78. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.021.

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