Charaxes antamboulou

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Charaxes antamboulou
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C. a. meridionalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. antamboulou
Binomial name
Charaxes antamboulou
H. Lucas, 1872 [1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes antamboulou f. meridionalisLe Cerf, 1923

Charaxes antamboulou, the Madagascar green-veined charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1872. It is found in Madagascar. The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests and woodland.

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Primary forest in Madagascar

The larvae feed on Croton species.

Description

Charaxes antamboulou is very similar to Charaxes candiope but has smaller upperside submarginal and marginal stains and a more marked contrast between the black apical patches and the yellow basal colour of the upperside wings.

A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 368-369 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 )

Taxonomy

Charaxes antamboulou is a member of the species group Charaxes candiope . The clade members are

Realm

Afrotropical realm

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Lucas , H. 1872. Description de quelques lepidopteres appartenant aux genres Charaxes et Cyligramma et provenant du voyage de Alf. Grandidier a Madagascar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (5) 15 (No. 22): 1-4.


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