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Polyura dolon

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Stately nawab
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Polyura
Species:
P. dolon
Binomial name
Polyura dolon
(Westwood, 1848)
Synonyms

Eriboea dolon
Charaxes dolon

Polyura dolon, the stately nawab or stately rajah (because it was formerly placed in Charaxes), is a butterfly found in India belonging to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

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References

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  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.