Charaxes williami

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Charaxes williami
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. williami
Binomial name
Charaxes williami
Henning, 2002 [1] [2]

Charaxes williami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Zambia. [3] [4] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and fermenting sap from injured trees.

The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla .

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References

  1. Henning, S.F. , 2002 in Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i-xvii, 1-137.
  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 2012-05-24.
  4. Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine