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Polyura gamma
	Polyura gamma (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. gamma
Binomial name
	Charaxes gamma; (Lathy, 1898)
Synonyms
	Polyura gamma; Eriboea aristophanes Fruhstorfer, 1913;

Charaxes (Polyura) gamma is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1898. It is endemic to New Caledonia.^[2]

Description

E. gamma Lathy, is the smallest Eriboea. Above blackish-brown with a short narrow cream-coloured median band and some indistinct, diffuse submarginal spots. Under surface with bands of vandyke-brown and blackish colour and shades. Only two males known, now in the British Museum. Patria probably New Caledonia or the New Hebrides.^[3]

References

↑ Lathy, 1898 A new species of Charaxes The Entomologist 31: 226-227
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
↑ Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

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

Data related to Polyura gamma at Wikispecies

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[1] Lathy, 1898 A new species of Charaxes The Entomologist 31: 226-227

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[3] Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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