Charaxes chepalunga

Charaxes chepalunga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. chepalunga
Binomial name
Charaxes chepalunga van Someren, 1969 [1] [2]

Charaxes chepalunga is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south- south-eastern Kenya and north-western Tanzania. ^[3] The habitat consists of evergreen and riverine forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina .

Taxonomy

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

References

1. 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.
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.

• 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.

External links

• African Charaxes/ Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt chepalungu species page and images
• Images at Bold
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search