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.
Subspecies
- P. n. narcaeus (China, Naga Hills, Abor Valley, North Burma)
- P. n. menedemus <small>(Oberthür, 1891)</small> (China: Ta-tsien-lou, Moenia, Yunnan)
- P. n. meghaduta <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1908)</small> (Taiwan)
- P. n. aborica <small>(Evans, 1924)</small> (south-eastern Tibet, northern Assam)
- P. n. thawgawa <small>(Tytler, 1940)</small> (central Burma to Vietnam, Yunnan)
- P. n. lissainei <small>(Tytler, 1914)</small> (Assam: Naga Hills to Thailand)
Biology
The larva feeds on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pithecellobium lucidum, Prunus phaeosticta.
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