Charaxes agrarius | |
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Dorsal view | |
Ventral view, Karnataka, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. agrarius
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes agrarius C. Swinhoe, 1887
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Synonyms | |
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Charaxes agrarius,[1] the anomalous nawab,[2][3] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.[2][3] The name is based on their resemblance to the common nawab (Polyura athamas), which was described before the discovery of this species.
Male and female: Both wings with the yellow discal band uniformly narrower, the outer edge of the band more irregular, undulated, the portions between the medians being each somewhat incurved. Forewing with a large quadrate lower submarginal spot and two small superposed apical spots. Hindwing with yellowish-white rounded submarginal spots, the upper minute, the lower three large and dento-lunate; marginal ochreous lunules not present in the male, very indistinct in female, the lower bluish-grey streaks only present in male. Underside similar to Polyura athamas, but paler.