Charaxes brainei

Charaxes brainei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. brainei
Binomial name
Charaxes brainei van Son, 1966 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Charaxes viola braineivan Son, 1966

Charaxes brainei, the Braine's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana. ^[3]

Description

The female forewing upperside differs from that of Charaxes vansoni in a suffusion of blue into the postdiscal spots. The discal band of the hindwing is similarly suffused blue, and there is slight violaceous shade on the hindwing underside ^[4]

Biology

The habitat consists of dry savanna. Flies from October to June; commonest in March and April Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum .

Taxonomy

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

References

1. Van son, G. 1966. A new subspecies of Charaxes viola Butler from South-West Africa. Novos Taxa Entomologicos (49): 7 pp
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. Pringle et al, 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search