| Charaxes cacuthis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. cacuthis |
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| Charaxes cacuthis | |
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Charaxes cacuthis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. [3] The habitat consists of lowland and coastal forests.
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 457-458 as subspecies of Charaxes etesipe (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 ) Seitz- Very similar to Charaxes etesipe In the male, however, the blue transverse band is continuous and about 8 millimetres (0.31 in). in breadth, not narrowed anteriorly; the blue spots in cellules la and lb on the forewing are about 6 mm. in breadth and joined together into a band. The female is distinguished by having the broad median band of the upper surface white on the hindwing and to vein 2 or 3 of the forewing, thence orange-yellow to the costal margin of the forewing. Madagascar. [4] The tails of both sexes are longer than those of any other members of the etesipe group.
The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis .
Closely related to Charaxes penricei and Charaxes etesipe [5]
Charaxes cacuthis is a member of the species group Charaxes etesipe.
The clade members are:
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