Charaxes agrarius

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.

Anomalous nawab
Dorsal view
Ventral view, Karnataka, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. agrarius
Binomial name
Charaxes agrarius C. Swinhoe, 1887
Synonyms
Charaxes agraria Polyura agraria Polyura athamas agraria

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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.

— Frederic Moore, Lepidoptera Indica: Volume II^[4]

See also

• Polyura athamas
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)