A new locality record of the rare Anomalous Nawab Polyura agrarius (Swinhoe, 1887) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae) from central India
Polyura agrarius (Swinhoe, 1887), known as the Anomalous Nawab, is a wide-ranging but localized and rare species in India; there are only a handful records from central India. The only specimen-based record of this species from Madhya Pradesh, India is by Charles Swinhoe in 1886, which is the basis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2972 |
| Summary: | Polyura agrarius (Swinhoe, 1887), known as the Anomalous Nawab, is a wide-ranging but localized and rare species in India; there are only a handful records from central India. The only specimen-based record of this species from Madhya Pradesh, India is by Charles Swinhoe in 1886, which is the basis of its original description. This paper reports a new locality record for Polyura agrarius from Jabalpur, central India along with a review of earlier records from the region. |
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| ISSN: | 0974-7893 0974-7907 |