Summary ²

Charaxes agraria, the anomalous nawab, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family. The name is based on their resemblance to the common nawab (Charaxes athamas), which was described before the discovery of this species.

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