Charaxes marieps

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Marieps emperor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. marieps
Binomial name
Charaxes marieps

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

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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

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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. 1 2 "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. 1 2 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

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