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The Nawab As of December 2014, the Nawab found in India and Sri Lankan region have been considered a different species, known as Polyura bharata <a href="http://biodiversitylab.org/sites/default/files/images/website/ToussaintEtal_MolecularSystematicsOfCharaxes(Polyura)_2015.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://biodiversitylab.org/sites/default/files/images/website/ToussaintEtal_MolecularSystematicsOfCharaxes(Polyura)_2015.pdf</a><br /> . This single Nawab was found mud sipping after a rainy day amidst sever other Blue Bottle (Graphium sarpedon) and Common Jay (Graphium doson) butterflies, In Morapitiya, Sri Lanka. Arthropoda,Butterfly,Common nawab,Insects,Polyura athamas,Sri Lanka,butterflies,insect Click/tap to enlarge

The Nawab

As of December 2014, the Nawab found in India and Sri Lankan region have been considered a different species, known as Polyura bharata http://biodiversitylab.org/sites/default/files/images/website/ToussaintEtal_MolecularSystematicsOfCharaxes(Polyura)_2015.pdf
. This single Nawab was found mud sipping after a rainy day amidst sever other Blue Bottle (Graphium sarpedon) and Common Jay (Graphium doson) butterflies, In Morapitiya, Sri Lanka.

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Uploaded Aug 2, 2016. Captured Jul 3, 2016 06:51.
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  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/197s
  • ISO200
  • 400mm