Polyura gilolensis

Polyura gilolensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. gilolensis
Binomial name
	Charaxes gilolensis ; (Butler, 1869)
Synonyms
	Polyura gilolensis; Eulepis pyrrhus obiensis Rothschild, 1898; Eulepis pyrrhus buruanus Rothschild, 1898;

Short description: Species of butterfly

Charaxes (Polyura) gilolensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869. It is endemic to the Moluccas in Indonesia.^[2]

Hans Frustorfer wrote "gilolensis Btlr. lies before me in corresponding males from Batjan and Halmaheira. Cell of the forewings, contrary to obiensis and pyrrhus, dusted greenish in its distal part. Marginal area of the hindwings less broad than in the Amboina-race. Female very rare". He considered it a form of pyrrhus. ^[3]

Subspecies

C. g. gilolensis (Batjan, Halmahera)
C. g. obiensis (Rothschild, 1898) (Obi Island)
C. g. buruana (Rothschild, 1898) (Buru Island)

References

↑ Butler, 1869 Lepidoptera Exotica, or Descriptions and Illustrations of Exotic Lepidoptera
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
↑ Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9