Charaxes analava

Charaxes analava
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. analava
Binomial name
Charaxes analava Ward, 1872 . [1] [2]

Charaxes analava is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. ^[3] The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests.

Charaxes analava figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Ch. analava Ward . The marginal band of the hindwing is unicolorous black without spots and only reaches vein 4. The hindwing beneath behind the middle with a row of large eye-spots, of which the one in cellule 7 is especially large and distinct. Hindwing with 3 long tails, that at vein 3 somewhat shorter. Ground-colour of both wings light yellow. Madagascar. ^[4] A full description is also given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 362-364 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

• Charaxes varanes
• Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
• Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
• Charaxes balfouri
• Charaxes analava
• Charaxes nicati
• Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
• Charaxes saperanus
• Charaxes defulvata

References

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1974). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29(8):415-487.
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31

1. Ward, C. 1872 Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9:2-3.
2. Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
4. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

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