Charaxes alpinus

"Montane charaxes" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Charaxes nyikensis.

Charaxes alpinus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. alpinus
Binomial name
Charaxes alpinus van Someren & Jackson, 1957 [2] [3]
Synonyms
Charaxes ethalion alpinusvan Someren & Jackson 1957

Charaxes alpinus, the montane charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe. ^[4]

Description

Larger than the closely related Charaxes ethalion with shorter and more robust tails; underside darker and more reddish brown ^[5] The habitat consists of montane forests in the Eastern Highlands.

Biology

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Albizia adianthifolia .

Taxonomy

Charaxes alpinus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

1. Larsen, T.B.; Gardiner, A. (2011). "Charaxes alpinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T160559A5372205. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160559A5372205.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Van Someren, V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
3. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
5. Pringle et al, 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.

External links

• Charaxes alpinus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search