Charaxes ethalion

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Satyr emperor
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Two female specimens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. ethalion
Binomial name
Charaxes ethalion
(Boisduval, 1847) [1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis ethalionBoisduval, 1847
  • Nymphalis erithalionDoubleday, 1849
  • Charaxes rosaeButler, 1895
  • Charaxes ethalion f. swynnertoniPoulton, 1919
  • Charaxes ethalion ethalion f. aurantimaculavan Someren, 1967
  • Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. cithaeronidesvan Someren, 1967
  • Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. suppressavan Someren, 1967
  • Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. imitansvan Someren, 1967
  • Charaxes ethalion nyasanavan Someren, 1967
  • Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. demaculatavan Someren, 1967
  • Charaxes ethalion nyasicusvan Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes etheocles f. ethalionoidesCarpenter, 1945
  • Charaxes ethalion f. howardivan Someren and Jackson, 1952

Charaxes ethalion, the satyr emperor or satyr charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. [2]

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Description

The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–63 mm in females. [3] Ch. ethalion Bdv. Very nearly allied to c. etheocles and only differing in the male in the genital armature and in the female in having the cell of the forewing above unicolorous, never with light spots. Male: wings above velvety black, almost without metallic gloss. Forewing above without marginal spots and at most with a postdiscal and a discal spot; spot in the cell often absent. Hindwing with small or indistinct whitish submarginal dots and greenish, in cellules 4–6 often red-yellow marginal streaks. The female is similar to that of etheocles f. etheocles, but has no spot in the cell of the forewing. The markings are white, ochre-yellow or bluish. Cape to British East Africa. — Larva unicolorous green with a yellowish-bordered spot on the sixth segment. —ab. kitungulensis Strand has two postdiscal spots in 6 and 7, but no other light spots on the forewing. German East Africa. [4] A full description is also given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:478-479 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Biology

The habitat is forest and dense moist savanna, including Brachystegia woodland.

Larvae feed on Albizia spp., Newtonia buchananii, Peltophorum africanum , Dichrostachys cinerea , Acacia ataxacantha , and Scutia myrtina . [2] [3] [5]

Notes on the biology of ethalion are given by Pringle et al. (1994), and Kielland, J. (1990). [6] [7]

Subspecies

Male C. e. ethalion at Cumberland Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal Charaxes ethalion 2017 04 17 5333.jpg
Male C. e. ethalion at Cumberland Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal

Listed alphabetically: [2]

Similar species

Charaxes pondoensis and Charaxes karkloof

Taxonomy

Charaxes ethalion is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

Realm

Afrotropical realm

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References

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