Charaxes hansali

Cream-banded Charaxes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. hansali
Binomial name
Charaxes hansali
Felder, 1867[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes hansalii
  • Charaxes achaemenes ab. minor Storace, 1948
  • Charaxes hansalii kulalensis van Someren, 1971

Charaxes hansali, the Cream-banded Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman.[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna.

The larvae feed on Salvadora persica, Osyris lanceolata, Colpoon compressum and Dobera glabra.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:

References

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