Charaxes variata

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Charaxes variata
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Charaxes variata - Chiwoma, North-Western Province, Zambia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. variata
Binomial name
Charaxes variata
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola variatavan Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola variata f. tricolorvan Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola variata f. rosellavan Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola variata f. cottrellivan Someren, 1969

Charaxes variata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central, southern and north-western and western Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum forests.

Contents

The larvae feed on Cryptosepalum exfoliatum pseudotaxus , Brachystegia spiciformis , Brachystegia taxifolia and Dicrostachys cinerea .

Description

A full description is provided by Van Someren, V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.

Taxonomy

Charaxes variata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

Described as a subspecies of Charaxes viola [3] but ranked as a full species by Williams (2006). [4]

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Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren was a zoologist and entomologist. Van Someren was born in Australia. He attended George Watson's College and studied zoology at University of Edinburgh. He was also a dentist. Van Someren moved to Kenya in 1912 and lived in Nairobi. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary. In 1930 he became Curator of the Coryndon Museum. Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species.

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References

  1. ↑ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  3. ↑ van Someren,V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.
  4. ↑ Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine


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