Charaxes lucyae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. lucyae |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes lucyae | |
Synonyms | |
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Charaxes lucyae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania. [3]
Very close to Charaxes eudoxus but with more dentate wing margins and longer tails; there are also minor differences in the genitalia [4]
The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests.
Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision, [7] corroborated by phylogenetic research, allow a more rational grouping congruent with cladistic relationships. Within a well-populated clade of 27 related species sharing a common ancestor approximately 16 mya during the Miocene, [8] 26 are now considered together as The jasius Group. [7] One of the two lineages within this clade forms a robust monophyletic group of seven species sharing a common ancestor approximately 2-3 mya, i.e. during the Pliocene, [8] and are considered as the jasius subgroup. [7] The second lineage leads to 19 other species within the Jasius group, which are split into three well-populated subgroups of closely related species.
The jasius Group (26 Species): [7]
Clade 1: jasius subgroup (7 species)
Clade 2: contains the well-populated three additional subgroups (19 species) of the jasius Group: called the brutus, pollux, and eudoxus subgroups. [7]
Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing Charaxes taxa is required to improve clarity.
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