Charaxes alpinus
| Charaxes alpinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. alpinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes alpinus van Someren & Jackson, 1957[1] | |
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Charaxes alpinus, the Montane Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests in the Eastern Highlands.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Albizia adianthifolia.
Taxonomy
Charaxes alpinus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Charaxes alpinus |
- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.
External links
- Charaxes alpinus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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