Polyura

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Polyura f

1. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Nymphalidae – nawab butterflies, found from Pakistan to Okinawa and northern parts of Australia.

Synonyms

• Charaxes (Polyura)

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Charaxinae  - subfamily; Charaxini  - tribe; Charaxes - genus

Hyponyms

• (genus): Polyura pyrrhus (syn. of Charaxes pyrrhus, tailed nawab, tailed emperor) - type species

Derived terms

• anomalous nawab (Charaxes agrarius, syn. of Polyura schreiber)
• blue nawab (Charaxes schreiber, syn. of Polyura schreiber)
• China nawab (Charaxes narcaeus, syn. of (Polyura narcaeus)
• Christmas emperor (Charaxes andrewsi, syn. of (Polyura andrewsi)
• common nawab (Charaxes athamas, syn. of (Polyura athamas)
• great nawab (Charaxes eudamippus, syn. of (Polyura eudamippus)
• jewelled nawab (Charaxes delphis, syn. of (Polyura delphis)
• pallid nawab (Charaxes aria, syn. of (Polyura aria)
• plain nawab (Charaxes hebe, syn. of (Polyura hebe)
• stately nawab (Charaxes dolon, syn. of (Polyura dolon)
• Staudinger's nawab (Charaxes alphius, syn. of (Polyura alphius)
• Sulawesi blue nawab (Charaxes cognatus, syn. of (Polyura cognatus)
• tailed emperor, four tail (Charaxes sempronius, syn. of (Polyura sempronius)

References

• Polyura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polyura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons