Polyura dolon, the stately nawab or stately rajah (because it was formerly placed in Charaxes), is a butterfly found in India belonging to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
| Stately nawab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Polyura |
| Species: | P. dolon
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyura dolon (Westwood, 1848)
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| Synonyms | |
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Eriboea dolon | |
See also
editReferences
edit- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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