Polyura narcaeus, the China nawab, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1854. It is found in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies P. n. aborica (Evans, 1924) China (Tibet), India (Assam) P. n. lissainei (Tytler, 1914) India (Assam), Thailand P. n. narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854) China, Myanmar P. n. meghaduta (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Taiwan P. n. menedemus (Oberthür, 1891) China (Yunnan) P. n. thawgawa (Tytler, 1940) China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Vietnam
Biology The larva feeds on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pithecellobium lucidum, Prunus phaeosticta.
References
External links
Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms