Charaxes harmodius

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Charaxes harmodius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. harmodius
Binomial name
Charaxes harmodius
Felder & Felder, [1867] [1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes marmax var. harpagonStaudinger, 1889

Charaxes harmodius is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1867. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

Charaxes harmodius and related species in Seitz Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate136.JPG
Charaxes harmodius and related species in Seitz

Charaxes harmodius is a large coppery butterfly with concave forewings with a brown apex and border and hindwings with a very small tail decorated with a submarginal line of dark brown dots with white pupils, the first a patch including two pupils of white. The reverse is coppery brown suffused with purple.

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References

  1. Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9