Polyura agraria

Polyura agraria

Taxobox
name = Anomalous Common Nawab



image_width = 240px
image_caption = Anomalous Common Nawab photographed at Bangalore
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Charaxinae
genus = "Polyura"
species = "P. agraria"Verify source|date=September 2007
binomial = "Polyura agraria"
binomial_authority =
synonyms ="Polyura athamas agraria"
The Anomalous Common Nawab ("Polyura 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 "Polyura athamas" which was described prior to the discovery of the species.

References

* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

ee also

*Charaxinae
*Nymphalidae
*"Polyura athamas"
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

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