Biology:Charaxes chepalunga
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Charaxes chepalunga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. chepalunga
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes chepalunga |
Charaxes chepalunga is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south- south-eastern Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of evergreen and riverine forests.
The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina.
Taxonomy
Charaxes chepalunga is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes chepalunga. |
- ↑ Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
- ↑ "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.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[1]
External links
- African Charaxes/ Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt chepalungu species page and images
- Images at Bold
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
Wikidata ☰ Q5073992 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charaxes chepalunga.
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