| Charaxes musakensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. musakensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes musakensis | |
Charaxes musakensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon. [3] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes above 1,300 meters.
Known only from the type locality Musake Hut, Mount Cameroon.
Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision, [4] 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, [5] 26 are now considered together as The jasius Group. [4] 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, [5] and are considered as the jasius subgroup. [4] 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): [4]
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. [4]
Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing Charaxes taxa is required to improve clarity.
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