Charaxes kirki

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Charaxes kirki
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Charaxes kirki daria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. kirki
Binomial name
Charaxes kirki
Butler, 1881 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes etheocles f. rogersiPoulton, 1919
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. albifasciaPoulton, 1926
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. handariPoulton, 1926
  • Charaxes etheocles sukCarpenter & Jackson, 1950
  • Charaxes etheocles f. kirkoidesCarpenter and Jackson, 1950
  • Charaxes etheocles f. intermediaCarpenter and Jackson, 1950
  • Charaxes etheocles f. achaemenesopsisCarpenter and Jackson, 1950

Charaxes kirki is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. [3]

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Description

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]

Biology

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]

Taxonomy

Charaxes kirki is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group.

Subspecies

References

  1. Butler, A.G., 1881 On two new species of butterflies from East Africa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 18: 145-146.
  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. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
  6. Larsen, T.B. 1991 The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: i-xxii, 1-490.
  7. Rothschild, W & Jordan, K. 1903 Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in northeast Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 10: 491-542.
  8. Carpenter, G.D.H., and Jackson, T.H.E. 1950. New butterflies from East Africa and the Ituri Forest. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 19: 97-108.