Charaxes chevroti

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Charaxes chevroti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. chevroti
Binomial name
Charaxes chevroti
Collins & Larsen, 2005 [1] [2]

Charaxes chevroti, the Kagoro demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-central Nigeria. [3] The habitat consists of forests. Known only from the holotype and paratypes. [4] The male is slightly larger than Charaxes etheocles Cramer, 1777 and the shape of forewing is slightly broader. There is no metallic sheen on the upperside (c.f. Charaxes virilis , Charaxes cedreatis ).

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Etymology

The species is named for Jean-Claude Chevrot, who collected extensively in the Kagoro Forest (the type location of the species) around 1980.

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References

  1. ↑ Collins, S.C. and Larsen, T.B. 2005. New species and subspecies of African butterflies. in Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Denmark: 1-595, 1-270.
  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. ↑ "Charaxes.be". www.charaxes.be. Retrieved 2019-04-11.


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