Charaxes alpinus

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Charaxes alpinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. alpinus
Binomial name
Charaxes alpinus
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]

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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.

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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


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