Polyura jupiter

Polyura jupiter is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia and surrounding islands.

The upper side is brown, very largely marked with white, with forewings in a triangle from the costal margin and in the form of spots, including small ones in a submarginal line, and on the hindwings in a broad triangle, from the costal edge to the anal angle marked by an orange spot. Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900) provide a full description.

The larvae feed on Albizia stipulata.

Subspecies

• Polyura jupiter jupiter (western Papua)
• Polyura jupiter kronos <small>(Honrath, 1888)</small> (Bismarck Archipelago)
• Polyura jupiter admiralitatis <small>(Rothschild, 1915)</small> (Admiralty Islands)
• Polyura jupiter attila <small>(Grose-Smith, 1889)</small> (Guadalcanal)
• Polyura jupiter keianus <small>(Rothschild & Jordan, 1897)</small> (Key)
• Polyura jupiter seitzi <small>(Rothschild, 1897)</small> (Tanimbar)
• Polyura jupiter watubela <small>(Rothschild, 1903)</small> (Watubela)

Taxonomy

Currently a subspecies of Polyura pyrrhus Pollyura pyrrhus ssp. jupiter Butler, 1869

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