Charaxes mixtus

Charaxes mixtus
Charaxes mixtus mixtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. mixtus
Binomial name
Charaxes mixtus
Rothschild, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes bubastis van Schultze, 1916

Charaxes mixtus is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

the supposed clade members are

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013 [3]

Subspecies

References

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