Charaxes aubyni

Charaxes aubyni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. aubyni
Binomial name
Charaxes aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Charaxes etheocles f. aubyniPoulton, 1926 Charaxes aubyni ecketti f. ochreotinctavan Someren and Jackson, 1957

Charaxes aubyni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. ^[3]

Habitat in Tanzania

The habitat consists of montane and semi-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera , Albizia adianthifolia and Albizia schimperana .

Taxonomy

Charaxes aubyni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Subspecies

• Charaxes aubyni aubyni (south-eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
• Charaxes aubyni australisvan Someren & Jackson, 1957 ^[4] (Malawi, southern and south-central Tanzania, Zambia)
• Charaxes aubyni eckettivan Someren & Jackson, 1957 (central and south-western Kenya)

References

1. Van Someren, V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.
2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
4. 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.

• 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

• African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
• Images of C. aubyni aubyni Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Images of C. aubyni ecketti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes aubyni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes aubyni aubyni images at BOLD
• Charaxes aubyni australis images at BOLD verso
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search