Charaxes vansoni

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Van Son's emperor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. vansoni
Binomial name
Charaxes vansoni
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola phaeus f. vansonivan Someren and Jackson, 1957

Charaxes vansoni, the Van Son's emperor, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. [3]

Contents

The wingspan is 48–56 mm in males and 50–60 mm in females.

Description

In males of Charaxes vansoni the two subapical spots on the forewing upperside are blue, whereas in Charaxes phaeus , with which it is often sympatric, they are white and the ground colour of the hindwing underside is pale coppery brown, with the silvery sheen comparatively reduced, extending only from the base along the costa and cell. [4] In females of Charaxes vansoni the median band on the upperside may be white, greenish white or bluish. The spots on the forewing upperside vary from white to orange-ochre [5]

Biology

It flies year-round, with peaks from February to May and in spring. [6] The habitat is dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum . [3] [6]

Taxonomy

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

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References

  1. ↑ Coetzer, B.H. (2020) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Charaxes vansoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T161317205A175063134. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161317205A175063134.en . Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ↑ van Someren, V.G.L. 1975. Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3): 65-136.
  3. 1 2 "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. ↑ Van Son, G. 1979. The butterflies of southern Africa. Part 4. Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae [Revised and edited by L. Vári]. Transvaal Museum Memoirs No. 22: i-x, 1-286.
  5. ↑ Pringle et al , 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition
  6. 1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.


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