Charaxes andranodorus
| Charaxes andranodorus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. andranodorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes andranodorus Mabille, 1884[1] | |
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Charaxes andranodorus is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of wet evergreen forests and rainforests.
The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 420-422 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
Subspecies
- C. a. andranodorus (eastern Madagascar)
- C. a. andrefana Viette, 1975 (western Madagascar)
Taxonomy
The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
- Charaxes andara – Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
References
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- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487.
- Charaxes andrefana images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes andranodorus images at BOLD
- Charaxes andranodorus andrefana images at BOLD verso
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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