Polyura posidonius

Polyura posidonius
	Polyura posidonius in Leech Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 4, male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. posidonius
Binomial name
	Charaxes posidonius; (Leech, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
	Polyura posidonius; Charaxes clitiphon Oberthür, 1891;

Charaxes (Polyura) posidonius is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1883. It is found in Tibet and western China.

References

Leech, 1894 Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (1): 1-296, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)

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

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