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 provide a full description.
The larvae feed on Albizia stipulata.

Subspecies

  • Polyura jupiter jupiter
  • Polyura jupiter kronos
  • Polyura jupiter admiralitatis
  • Polyura jupiter attila
  • Polyura jupiter keianus
  • Polyura jupiter seitzi
  • ''Polyura jupiter watubela''

Taxonomy

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