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Polyura epigenes

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Polyura epigenes
In Henley Grose-Smith's Rhopalocera Exotica
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C. epigenes
Binomial name
Charaxes epigenes
(Godman & Salvin, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyura epigenes
  • Charaxes (Eulepsis) epigenes f. monochromus Niepelt, 1914

Charaxes (Polyura) epigenes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1888. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.[2]

Subspecies

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  • C. e. epigenes (Tulagi, Guadalcanal)
  • C. e. monochroma (Niepelt, 1914) (Bougainville, Shorthlan Island, Choiseul Island, Vella Lavella, Rendova, Santa Isabel)

References

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  1. ^ Godman & Salvin, 1888 New species of Butterflies collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 1 (2): 90-101, (3): 209-214
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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