Polyura hebe

Polyura hebe est papilio subfamiliae Charaxinarum familae Nymphalidarum.

Polyura hebe fallax. Specimen ex Iava. Aspectus dorsalis.

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Lepidoptera 
Familia : Nymphalidae 
Subfamilia : Charaxinae 
Tribus : Charaxini 
Genus : Polyura 
Species : P. hebe 

Polyura hebe 
(Butler, 1866)  

Synonyma

*Charaxes hebe (Butler, 1866)

• Eulepis hebe Rothschild & Jordan, 1898
• Polyura hebe Smiles, 1982
• Charaxes albanus Röber, 1895
• Charaxes ganymedes Staudinger, 1886
• Charaxes fallax Röber, 1894
• Eulepis smerdis Moore, [1896]
• Charaxes fallacides Fruhstorfer, 1895
• Charaxes plautus Fruhstorfer, 1898
• Eriboea falculus Fruhstorfer, 1914
• Charaxes attalus chersonesus Fruhstorfer, 1898
• Charaxes attalus lombokianus Fruhstorfer, 1898
• Eulepis hebe arnoldi Rothschild, 1899
• Eulepis hebe kangeanus Fruhstorfer, 1903
• Eulepis hebe baweanicus Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Eriboea hebe nikias Fruhstorfer, 1914
• Eriboea hebe clavata van Eecke, 1918

Subspecies

• Polyura hebe hebe (Butler, 1866) – Sumatra
• Polyura hebe ganymedes (Staudinger, 1886) – Borneum
• Polyura hebe fallax (Röber, 1894) – Iava
• Polyura hebe fallacides (Fruhstorfer, 1895) – Nias
• Polyura hebe plautus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Singapura
• Polyura hebe chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Malaesia Paeninsularia, Thailandia, Birmania
• Polyura hebe lombokianus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Lombok
• Polyura hebe arnoldi (Rothschild, 1899) – Sumba
• Polyura hebe kangeanus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – Kangean
• 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 Insula
• Polyura hebe takizawai Hanafusa, 1987

Descriptio

Latitudo alarum circa 65 mm, magnitudo media, corpus grave est. Distalis alarum anteriorum margo est concava, apice acuto praedita, alisque posterioribus sunt binae caudae breves. Superius alarum latus est album virens. Margo apicalis brunnea, in apice lata, sed latitudine ad basem costae decrescens, fasciam latam internam albam virentem format. Alis posterioribus est margo lata brunnea cui parvae notae albae submarginales sunt. Latus inferius est brunneum, cui lata macula mediana argyrovirida pallida est. Eruca est viridis clara, capite nigro quaternis cornibus praedita.

Biologia

Larvae nonnullis plantis subfamiliae Mimosoidearum familiae Leguminosarum vescuntur, praecipue Adenanthera pavonina, Albizia falcata, Falcataria moluccana, Parkia speciosa.

Distributio

Species in Birmania, Malaesia, Thailandia, Singapura, Iava, Sumatra, Bali, et Borneo inveni potest.

Nexus externi

• Pteron World, www.pteron-world.com