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

• Charaxes tiridates
• Charaxes numenes similar to next
• Charaxes bipunctatus similar to last
• Charaxes violetta
• Charaxes fuscus
• Charaxes mixtus
• Charaxes bubastis
• Charaxes albimaculatus
• Charaxes barnsi
• Charaxes bohemani
• Charaxes schoutedeni
• Charaxes monteiri
• Charaxes smaragdalis
• Charaxes xiphares
• Charaxes cithaeron
• Charaxes nandina
• Charaxes imperialis
• Charaxes ameliae
• Charaxes pythodoris
• ? Charaxes overlaeti

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

Subspecies

• Charaxes mixtus mixtus (Cameroon, south-western Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988 (north-western Tanzania)

References

1. Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
3. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013".

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264. also as Charaxes bubastis

External links

• Images of C. mixtus mixtus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes mixtus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes mixtus mixtus images at BOLD
• Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus images at BOLD