Polyura (Nymphalidae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Charaxinae
Tribus: Charaxini
Genus: Polyura
Species:
P. athamas group: P. agrarius – P. alphius – P. arja – P. attalus – P. bharata – P. hebe – P. jalysus – P. luzonicus – P. moori – P. paulettae – P. schreiber

P. eudamippus group: P. delphis – P. dolon – P. eudamippus – P. narcaeus – P. nepenthes – P. posidonius – P. weismanni

P. pyrrhus group: P. andrewsi – P. bicolor – P. caphontis – P. clitarchus – P. cognatus – P. dehanii – P. epigenes – P. gamma – P. gilolensis – P. inopinatus – P. jupiter – P. pyrrhus – P. sacco – P. smilesi – P. sempronius

Note: status as a genus or subgenus varies in literature, others have been included in Polyura such as P. galaxia – P. gilolensis

Name

Polyura Billberg, 1820

Type species: Papilio pyrrhus Linnaeus,

Synonymy

Eulepis Scudder, 1875, (Nec Eulepis Billberg, 1820: 80) TS: Papilio athamas Drury.
Murwareda Moore, [1896]: 263, TS: Murwareda dolon [sic] Westwood.
Pareriboea Roepke, 1938, TS: Papilio athamas Drury.

List of Species

P. aeolus – P. agrarius – P. alphius – P. andrewsi – P. arja – P. athamas – P. athamis – P. attila – P. bharata – P. buruensis – P. caphontis – P. charata – P. clitarchus – P. cognatus – P. dehanii – P. delphis – P. dolon – P. eleganta – P. epigenes – P. eudamippus – P. gamma – P. gilolensis – P. hamastiformis – P. hebe – P. inopinatus – P. jalysus – P. jupiter – P. luzonica – P. moori – P. mutata – P. narcaeus – P. nepenthes – P. noko – P. paulettae – P. posidonius – P. pyrrhus – P. pyrrichia – P. sacco – P. schreiber – P. sempronius – P. smilesi – P. walshae – P. weismanni

Taxa In Synonymy

P. aborica – P. abrupta – P. acuminata – P. acuta (Polyura athamas) – P. admiralitatis – P. aemiliani – P. albanus – P. aloranus – P. andamanica (Polyura athamas) – P. antigonus – P. aristophanes – P. arna – P. arnoldi – P. assamensis (Polyura schreiber) – P. attalus (Polyura athamas) – P. australis – P. babbericus – P. bandanus – P. batavianus – P. baweanicus – P. buruanus – P. canomaculatus – P. carolus – P. celetis – P. centralis – P. chalazias – P. chersonesus – P. chlorus – P. chota – P. clavata – P. clitiphon – P. concha – P. cupidinius – P. cygnus – P. delphinion – P. dexippus (Polyura athamas) – P. editha – P. entheatus – P. ephebus – P. falculus – P. faliscus – P. fallacides – P. fallax – P. formosana – P. fruhstorferi – P. fugator – P. galaxia – P. ganymedes – P. glauca – P. grandis – P. hamasta – P. heracles – P. intermedia – P. jamblichus – P. javanus – P. jovis – P. juta – P. kaba – P. kadenii – P. kailicus – P. kalaonicus – P. kangeanus – P. kannegieteri (Polyura athamas) – P. keianus – P. kiangsiensis – P. kronos – P. kuangtungensis – P. lemoulti – P. lettianus – P. lissainei – P. lombokianus – P. madeus – P. magniplagus – P. major – P. malayica (Polyura schreiber) – P. mandarinus – P. marginalis – P. marginepunctatus – P. meghaduta – P. menaius – P. menedemus – P. niasica (Polyura schreiber) – P. nigra – P. nigrobasalis – P. nikias – P. niveus – P. obiensis – P. oitylus – P. othonis – P. palawanica (Polyura athamas) – P. pallida – P. peninsularis – P. phrixus – P. piepersianus – P. plautus – P. praedictus – P. pyrrhulus – P. monochromus – P. quaesita – P. rectifascia – P. richthofeni – P. roeberi – P. romanus – P. rothschildi – P. saida – P. samatha – P. sandakanus – P. satyrina – P. scipio – P. seitzi – P. sinica – P. smerdis – P. splendens – P. stratiocus – P. sulthan – P. sumatrana – P. sumbaensis – P. thawgawa – P. thibetanus – P. tiberius – P. tisamenus (Polyura schreiber) – P. triphonius – P. tyrtaeus – P. uraeus (Polyura athamas) – P. valesius – P. vernus – P. wardii (Polyura schreiber) – P. watubela – P. whiteheadi

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