Charaxes catachrous

Charaxes catachrous
Male from the CAR - dorsal and ventral views
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. catachrous
Binomial name
Charaxes catachrous Van Someren & Jackson, 1952 [2] [3]
Synonyms
Charaxes ephyra ab. catochrousStaudinger, 1896 Charaxes etheocles biinclinatavan Someren, 1969

Charaxes catachrous, the silvery demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Zambia. ^[4] The habitat consists of wet riverine and swamp forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina .

Taxonomy

Charaxes catachrous is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group. It is similar to Charaxes grahamei on the underside, but a smaller insect. ^[5]

References

1. Larsen, T.B. (2020) [amended version of 2011 assessment]. "Charaxes catachrous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T160482A176156334. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T160482A176156334.en . Retrieved 8 August 2021.{{cite iucn}}: uses deprecated |page= identifier (help)
2. 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.
3. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
5. Kielland, J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

• van Someren. V.G.L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. page 102

External images

• Charaxes catochrous images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Images of C. catachrous Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search