Charaxes marieps

Marieps emperor
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. marieps
Binomial name
Charaxes marieps van Someren & Jackson, 1957 [2]

Charaxes marieps, the Marieps emperor, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa. ^[3]

The wingspan is 48–60 mm in males and 65–70 mm in females. Has two broods from September to November and March to May. ^[4]

Larvae feed on Ochna species. ^{[3] [4]} The habitat is montane forest.

Notes on the biology of marieps are given by Pringle et al (1994). ^[5]

Taxonomy

Charaxes marieps is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References

1. Coetzer, B.H. (2020). "Charaxes marieps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T4562A168309585. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T4562A168309585.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
3. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
4. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.
5. Pringle et al , 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.
• M. C. Williams and J.Boomker, 1980 The life cycle of Charaxes marieps. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

34(3), 1980, 295-301 pdf

External links

• Charaxes marieps images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life