Polyura

:"This article is about the brush-footed butterfly genus. For the Rubiaceae genus, see "Polyura (plant).

Taxobox
name = "Polyura"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Polyura (pyrrhus) sempronius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Charaxinae
tribus = Charaxini
genus = "Polyura"
genus_authority = Billberg, 1820
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Many, see text

"Polyura" is the genus of nawab butterflies. They belong to the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. Like the large and conspicuous pasha and rajah butterflies ("Charaxes") they belong to the Charaxini tribe.

pecies

The following list is neither checked for completeness nor verified for synonymy.

* "Polyura aborica"
* "Polyura abrupta"
* "Polyura acuminata"
* "Polyura acutus"
* "Polyura admiralitatis"
* "Polyura aemiliani"
* "Polyura aeolus"
* "Polyura agraria"Verify source|date=September 2007 - Anomalous Common Nawab
* "Polyura albanus"
* "Polyura aloranus"
* "Polyura alphius"
* "Polyura andamanicus"
* "Polyura andrewsi"
* "Polyura antigonus"
* "Polyura aristophanes"
* "Polyura arja" - Pallid Nawab
* "Polyura arna"
* "Polyura arnoldi"
* "Polyura assamensis"
* "Polyura athamas" - Common Nawab; includes "P. samatha"
* "Polyura athamis"Verify source|date=September 2007
* "Polyura attalus"
* "Polyura attila"
* "Polyura australis"
* "Polyura babbericus"
* "Polyura bandanus"
* "Polyura batavianus"
* "Polyura baweanicus"
* "Polyura bharata"Verify source|date=September 2007
* "Polyura buruanus"
* "Polyura buruensis"
* "Polyura canomaculatus"
* "Polyura caphontis"
* "Polyura carolus"
* "Polyura celetis"
* "Polyura centralis"
* "Polyura chalazias"
* "Polyura charata"
* "Polyura chersonesus"
* "Polyura chlorus"
* "Polyura chota"
* "Polyura clavata"
* "Polyura clitarchus"
* "Polyura clitiphon"
* "Polyura cognatus"
* "Polyura concha"
* "Polyura cupidinius"
* "Polyura cygnus"
* "Polyura dehaanii"
* "Polyura delphinion"
* "Polyura delphis" - Jewelled Nawab
* "Polyura dexippus"
* "Polyura dolon" - Stately Nawab - formerly "Stately Rajah", in "Charaxes"
* "Polyura editha"
* "Polyura entheatus"
* "Polyura ephebus"
* "Polyura epigenes"
* "Polyura eudamippus" - Great Nawab
* "Polyura falculus"
* "Polyura faliscus"
* "Polyura fallacides"
* "Polyura fallax"
* "Polyura formosana"
* "Polyura fruhstorferi"
* "Polyura fugator"
* "Polyura galaxia"
* "Polyura gamma"
* "Polyura genymedes"
* "Polyura gilolensis"
* "Polyura glauca"
* "Polyura grandis"
* "Polyura hamasta"Verify source|date=September 2007
* "Polyura hamastiformis"
* "Polyura hebe"
* "Polyura heracles"
* "Polyura intermedia"
* "Polyura jalysus"
* "Polyura jamblichus"
* "Polyura javanus"
* "Polyura jovis"
* "Polyura jupiter"
* "Polyura juta"
* "Polyura kaba"
* "Polyura kadenii"
* "Polyura kailicus"
* "Polyura kalaonicus"
* "Polyura kangeanus"
* "Polyura kannegieteri"
* "Polyura keianus"
* "Polyura kiangsiensis"
* "Polyura kronos"
* "Polyura kuangtungensis"
* "Polyura lemoulti"
* "Polyura lettianus"
* "Polyura lissainei"
* "Polyura lombokianus"
* "Polyura luzonicus"
* "Polyura madeus"
* "Polyura magniplagus"
* "Polyura major"
* "Polyura malayicus"
* "Polyura mandarinus"
* "Polyura marginalis"
* "Polyura marginepunctatus"
* "Polyura meghaduta"
* "Polyura menaius"
* "Polyura menedemus"
* "Polyura monochromus"
* "Polyura moori" - Malayan Nawab
* "Polyura narcaea"Verify source|date=September 2007 - China Nawab
* "Polyura nepenthes"
* "Polyura niasicus"
* "Polyura nigra"
* "Polyura nigrobasalis"
* "Polyura nikias"
* "Polyura niveus"
* "Polyura noko"
* "Polyura obiensis"
* "Polyura oitylus"
* "Polyura othonis"
* "Polyura palawanicus"
* "Polyura pallida"
* "Polyura peninsularis"
* "Polyura phrixus"
* "Polyura piepersianus"
* "Polyura plautus"
* "Polyura posidonius"
* "Polyura praedictus"
* "Polyura pyrrhulus"
* "Polyura pyrrhus" - Tailed Nawab or Tailed Emperor
** "Polyura (pyrrhus) sempronius"
* "Polyura pyrrichia"
* "Polyura quaesita"
* "Polyura rectifascia"
* "Polyura richthofeni"
* "Polyura roeberi"
* "Polyura romanus"
* "Polyura rothschildi"
* "Polyura sacco"
* "Polyura saida"
* "Polyura sandakanus"
* "Polyura satyrina"
* "Polyura schreiber" - Blue Nawab. "schreiberi" is an unjustified emendation.
* "Polyura scipio"
* "Polyura seitzi"
* "Polyura sinica"
* "Polyura smerdis"
* "Polyura splendens"
* "Polyura stratiocus"
* "Polyura sulthan"
* "Polyura sumatrana"
* "Polyura sumbaensis"
* "Polyura thawgawa"
* "Polyura thibetanus"
* "Polyura tiberius"
* "Polyura tisamenus"
* "Polyura triphonius"
* "Polyura tyrtaeus"
* "Polyura uraeus"
* "Polyura valesius"
* "Polyura vernus"
* "Polyura walshae"
* "Polyura wardii"
* "Polyura watubela"
* "Polyura weismanni"
* "Polyura whiteheadi"