Biology:Charaxes cacuthis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. cacuthis
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Charaxes cacuthis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar .[3] The habitat consists of lowland and coastal forests.
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Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 457-458 as subspecies of Charaxes etesipe (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2]) Seitz- Very similar to Charaxes etesipe In the male, however, the blue transverse band is continuous and about 8 millimetres (0.31 in). in breadth, not narrowed anteriorly; the blue spots in cellules la and lb on the forewing are about 6 mm. in breadth and joined together into a band. The female is distinguished by having the broad median band of the upper surface white on the hindwing and to vein 2 or 3 of the forewing, thence orange-yellow to the costal margin of the forewing. Madagascar.[4] The tails of both sexes are longer than those of any other members of the etesipe group.
Life history
The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.
Realm
Classification
Closely related to Charaxes penricei and Charaxes etesipe [5]
Charaxes cacuthis is a member of the species group Charaxes etesipe.
The clade members are:
- Charaxes etesipe nominate
- Charaxes penricei
- Charaxes achaemenes
- Charaxes paradoxa
- Charaxes cacuthis
- Charaxes bwete
- Charaxes cristalensis
References
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- ↑ Hewitson , W.C. 1862-1866. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 3: iv, [1-124].London.
- ↑ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc.
- ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1966). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)45-101.[3]
External links
- Charaxes cacuthis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
Wikidata ☰ Q5073984 entry
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