Polyura nepenthes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

Subspecies P. n. nepenthes (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Hainan) P. n. kiangsiensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938) (China: Jiangxi, Zhejiang)

Biology The larva feeds on Leguminosae.

References

External links

Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms