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White Nawab - Polyura delphis
This is one of the 7 species of Butterfly from the genus Polyura that can be found from Malaysia. The butterflies are characterised by their distinctive wing shape with twin tails on the hindwings, a feature strongly reminiscent of the African Charaxes.
Polyura delphis is one of the scarcer species, and is found in Assam, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Sabah, Brunei, Kalimantan, Palawan and Java.
''Polyura delphis'', the jewelled nawab, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family. This butterfly has multiple red spots bordered by yellow bands on a metallic white background. The wingspan is about 2.75 inches .
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