Polyura athamas

Polyura athamas athamas, ♂, Thailand.

Polyura athamas

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: Polyura athamas
Subspecies: P. a. acuta – P. a. athamas – P. a. andamanica – P. a. attalus – P. a. kannegieteri – P. a. kotakii – P. a. omen – P. a. palawanica – P. a. uraeus

Name

Polyura athamas (Drury, [1773])

Type locality: China

Holotype: not located

Synonymy

• Papilio athamas Drury, [1773]: 5, pl. 2, fig. 4.
• Nymphalis athamas (Drury); Godart, [1824]: 935.
• Charaxes bharata Felder & Felder, 1867: 438. Lectotype ♂ India BMNH designated by Smiles, 1982: 166.
• Charaxes samatha Moore, 1879: 831. Burma.
• Eulepis hamasta Moore, 1882: 238. Lectotype ♂ India BMNH designated by Smiles, 1982: 166.
• Charaxes athamas (Drury); de Nicéville, 1886: 275.
• Eulepis amathas agrarius f. madeus Rothschild, 1899: 249. Holotype ♂ Sri Lanka BMNH, synonymy in Smiles, 1982: 166.
• Eulepis athamas (Drury); Rothschild & Jordam, 1898.
• Eriboea athamas (Drury); Stichel, 1909: 109, pl. 61a.
• Eriboea athamas dexippus Fruhstorfer, 1914: 2. Holotype ♂ VietNam MHN Geneva, synonymised by Smiles, 1982: 166.
• Polyura athamas (Drury); Stichel, 1939: 552.

References

• Hanafusa, H. 1989: New species and subspecies of butterflies from South East Asia. Futao 1: 3–10. Reference page. 
• Hanafusa, H. 1993: A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (3). Futao 14: 8–25.
• Smiles, R.L. 1982. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History); Entomology. 44(3): 115-237. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Common Nawab
தமிழ்: இரட்டைவால் சிறகன்