Charaxes aubyni

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

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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

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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.