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Polyura athamas Drury 1773
The Common Nawab (Polyura athamas) is a species of fast-flying canopy butterfly found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the Charaxinae (Rajahs and Nawabs) in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It occurs in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, the hills of Central India and the Eastern Ghats, the Western Ghats and Southern India, Ceylon, Assam, Cachar, and via Myanmar and the Tenasserim Hills far into Indonesia.
Synonyms: Polyura samatha Moore, [1879]
Spotted on Oct 15, 2012
Submitted on Oct 15, 2012
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It looks like f it had it has a hole in its wings!!!!!!! :P