Charaxes usambarae

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Charaxes usambarae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. usambarae
Binomial name
Charaxes usambarae
Synonyms
  • Charaxes pembanus usambaraevan Someren & Jackson, 1952
  • Charaxes usambarae f. mariaeMollet, 1974
  • Charaxes usambarae f. collinsivan Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. pseudorosaeCollins, 1987
  • Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. bellaCollins, 1987

Charaxes usambarae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania. [3] The habitat consists of lowland, sub-montane and montane forests.

Contents

The larvae feed on Albizia - A. zimmermannii and A. gummifera .

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Charaxes usambarae is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles. It was first described as a subspecies of Charaxes pembanus .

Differs from Charaxes mccleeryi in the more dentate wing margins [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.
  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 2012-05-25.
  4. ↑ Collins, S.C. 1987 Three new African Nymphalidae. Lambillionea 87 (7-8): 92-96.
  5. ↑ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.


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