Charaxes ephyra

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Charaxes ephyra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. ephyra
Binomial name
Charaxes ephyra
Godart, 1824 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes alladinusButler, 1869

Charaxes ephyra is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in West Africa. [3] (Angola, Sierra Leone)

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Taxonomy

Synonym for Charaxes etheocles . [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Godart, J.B. in Latreille , P.A., & Godart, J.B. [1819], [1824]. Encyclopedie Methodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9 Entomologie: i-iv, 1-328 [1819], 329-828 [1824]. Paris.
  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 2012-05-25.
  4. ↑ "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16.


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