Charaxes kirki | |
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Charaxes kirki daria | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. kirki |
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Charaxes kirki | |
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Charaxes kirki is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. [3]
f. kirki Btlr. Hindwing above with broad white median band, with the proximal border bluish and the distal somewhat yellowish, marginal streaks olive, in cellules 4-6 orange. The two rows of spots on the forewing are joined together in cellules la-3 and only in cellules 4-7 more or less completely separated; the band formed by them is yellowish white to ochre-yellow. German and British East Africa. [4]
The habitat consists of savanna and dry forests.
The larvae feed on Acacia mellifera , Albizia adianthifolia , Albizia coriaria , Albizia schimperiana , Entada abyssinica , Entada leptostachys , Entada africana , Entada phaseoloides , Tamarindus indica , Acacia afra , Albizia sassa , Albizia gummifera and Entada gigas .
Notes on the biology of kirki are provided by Kielland (1990) and Larsen (1991) [5] [6]
Charaxes kirki is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group.