Biology:Charaxes overlaeti

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Charaxes overlaeti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. overlaeti
Binomial name
Charaxes overlaeti
Schouteden, 1934 [1][2]

Charaxes overlaeti is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.[3]

Taxonomy

Known only from the holotype and a similar specimen captured in Kenya. Charaxes overlaeti may be a hybrid between Charaxes bohemani and Charaxes ameliae.[4]

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[5]

References

  1. Schouteden, H. 1934 Charaxes Overlaeti nov. sp. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 26: 122-124.
  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. 
  4. Henning, S.F. 1988 [1989]. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa. Aloe Books, Johannesburg, 1–457.
  5. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5074079 entry