Biology:Charaxes cowani
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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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. cowani
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Charaxes cowani is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar .[3] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes above 1,000 meters.
Full description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 370 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2])
Taxonomy
Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:
- Charaxes candiope
- Charaxes antamboulou like next
- Charaxes cowani like last
- Charaxes velox
- Charaxes thomasius
Etymology
Named for Rev William Deans Cowan, missionary author of Geographical Excursions in South Central Madagascar. Royal Geographical Society, London, 1882.
References
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- ↑ Butler , A.G. 1878. On a collection of lepidoptera recently received from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 2: 283-297.
- ↑ "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, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [3]
External links
- Charaxes cowani images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
Wikidata ☰ Q5074000 entry
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