Biology:Charaxes pseudophaeus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Charaxes pseudophaeus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. pseudophaeus
Binomial name
Charaxes pseudophaeus
van Someren, 1975[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes manica f. pseudophaeus van Someren & Jackson, 1957

Charaxes pseudophaeus, the false dusky charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of evergreen forests and the fringes of Brachystegia woodland.

The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis.

Taxonomy

It may be a subspecies of Charaxes chintechi Charaxes pseudophaeus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

  1. van Someren, V.G.L. 1975. Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3): 65-136.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5074100 entry