Charaxes acuminatus

Pointed Pearl Charaxes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. acuminatus
Binomial name
Charaxes acuminatus
Thurau, 1903[1]

The Pointed Pearl Charaxes or Mountain Pearl Charaxes (Charaxes acuminatus) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests mostly at altitudes above 1,800 meters.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and sometimes also sap oozing from wounds in the trunks and branches of trees and shrubs. Males are also attracted to damp patches. Adults are on wing from September to June.

The larvae feed on Allophylus species (including Allophylus alnifolius, Allophylus chirindensis, Allophylus abyssinicus, Allophylus chaunostachys and Allophylus africanus) and Bersama abyssinica.

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes) The group members are

Subspecies

References

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  1. Thurau, F 1903 Neue Rhopaloceren aus Ost Afrika. Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See-un Kenya-Gebirgs-Expedition der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung Berl. ent. Z. 48 : 117-143 .
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

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