Polyura hebe
| Polyura hebe | |
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| Polyura hebe fallax. Mounted specimen from Java. Dorsal view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Polyura |
| Species: | P. hebe |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyura hebe (Butler, 1866) | |
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Polyura hebe, common name plain nawab, is a butterfly belonging to the family brush-footed butterflies.
Subspecies
- Polyura hebe hebe (Butler, 1866) – Sumatra
- Polyura hebe ganymedes (Staudinger, 1886) – Borneo
- Polyura hebe fallax (Röber, 1894) – Java
- Polyura hebe fallacides (Fruhstorfer, 1895) – Nias
- Polyura hebe plautus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Singapore
- Polyura hebe chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Burma
- Polyura hebe lombokianus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Lombok
- Polyura hebe arnoldi (Rothschild, 1899) – Sumba
- Polyura hebe kangeanus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – Kangean Island
- Polyura hebe baweanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – Bawean
- Polyura hebe nikias (Fruhstorfer, 1914) – Bali
- Polyura hebe clavata (van Eecke, 1918) – Simeulue
- Polyura hebe quaesita Corbet, 1942 – Sipora Island
- Polyura hebe takizawai Hanafusa, 1987
Description
Polyura hebe has a wingspan reaching about 65 millimetres (2.6 in). In these medium-sized, heavy-bodies butterflies the outer edge of the forewings is concave, with a pointed apex and the hind wings show two short tails. The upperside of the wings is greenish white. A broad dark brown apical border, wide at the apex, but decreasing in width towards the base of the costa, forms a wide internal greenish white band. Also the hindwings show a broad dark brown border, with submargindal small white marks. The underside is brown and has a wide pale silvery green median patch. The caterpillar is bright green and has a black four-horned head.[2][3]
Biology
Larva feed on several plant of the family Leguminosae, sub-family Mimosoideae, mainly Red Saga (Adenanthera pavonina), Albizia falcata, Falcataria moluccana, Petai (Parkia speciosa).[1][3]
Distribution
This species can be found in Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Bali, and Borneo. [1]