Biology:Charaxes variata
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Charaxes variata | |
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| Charaxes variata - Chiwoma, North-Western Province, Zambia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. variata
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| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes variata van Someren, 1969[1]
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Charaxes variata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central, southern and north-western and western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum forests.
The larvae feed on Cryptosepalum exfoliatum pseudotaxus, Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegia taxifolia and Dicrostachys cinerea.
Description
A full description is provided by Van Someren, V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.[3]
Taxonomy
Charaxes variata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
Described as a subspecies of Charaxes viola[3] but ranked as a full species by Williams (2006).[4]
References
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ van Someren,V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.[1]
- ↑ Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)[2]
External links
- Images at Bold Charaxes variata
- Bold images Charaxes variata f. caerulescens
- Bold images Charaxes variata f. tricolor
Wikidata ☰ Q5074121 entry
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