Charaxes dilutus

Charaxes dilutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. dilutus
Binomial name
Charaxes dilutus
Rothschild, 1898[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes eupalus dilutus Rothschild, 1898
  • Charaxes dilutus miotoni van Someren, 1975[2]

Charaxes dilutus is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Angola.[3] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Albizia adianthifolia and Scutia species.

Full description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 512 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Subspecies

Similar species

Charaxes dilutus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade).The clade members are

Ecozone

Afrotropical

References

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  1. Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 1 2 3 Bouyer, Zakharov, Rougerie & Vingerhoedt , 2008 Les Charaxes du "groupe eupale" : Description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lépidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologia Africana Hors série n°3, 2008.
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

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