Polyura jupiter

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

Polyura jupiter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Polyura
Species:	P. jupiter
Binomial name
Polyura jupiter (Butler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
Charaxes jupiter Butler, 1869 Charaxes chlorus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Eulepis pyrrhus admiralitatis Rothschild, 1915 Charaxes attila Grose-Smith, 1889 Charaxes pyrrhus keianus Rothschild & Jordan, 1897 Charaxes pyrrhus seitzi Rothschild, 1897 Eulepis pyrrhus watubela Rothschild, 1903

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.^[2]

The larvae feed on Albizia stipulata.

Subspecies

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

Taxonomy

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