Charaxes etheocles

For Demon emperor, see Charaxes phaeus.
Demon charaxes
male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. etheocles
Binomial name
Charaxes etheocles
(Cramer, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio etheocles Cramer, 1777
  • Charaxes hollandi Butler, 1893
  • Charaxes etheocles f. carpenteri Poulton, 1919
  • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri f. pallidimacula van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes etheocles f. evansi van Someren and Rogers, 1932
  • Charaxes etheocles evansi f. conjuncta van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. violacea Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. ochracea Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. regalis Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. seriata Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes etheocles ochracea f. orangina Faravel, 1998

Charaxes etheocles, the Demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina, Celtis durandii, Griffonia simplicifolia, Albizia gummifera, Celtis gomphophylla, Bandeiraea, Cathormion, Dalbergia and Entada species.

Subspecies

C. e. etheocles, f. fulgens

Taxonomy

Charaxes etheocles is a member of the species group Charaxes etheocles The supposed clade members are

Clade 1

Clade 2

Unplaced but in etheocles clade

For a full list of this species group see Vingerhoedt African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains [3]

Ecozone

Afrotropical ecozone

References

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