Charaxes imperialis
| Charaxes imperialis | |
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| Charaxes imperialis from CAR | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. imperialis |
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| Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874[1] | |
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Charaxes imperialis, the Imperial Blue Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests
The larvae probably feed on Sapindaceae species.
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 imperialis imperialis (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin)
- Charaxes imperialis albipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1920 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Charaxes imperialis dargei Collins, 1989 (southern Congo)
- Charaxes imperialis graziellae Turlin, 1989 (Tanzania: north-west to the Mumwendo Forest)
- Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis van Someren, 1975 (north-eastern Zambia, Tanzania: Kigoma)
- Charaxes imperialis nathaliae Canu, 1989 (Bioko)
- Charaxes imperialis pauliani Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 (Democratic Republic of Congo: south to Lualaba)
- Charaxes imperialis ugandicus van Someren, 1972 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: north Kivu)
- Charaxes imperialis werneri Turlin, 1989 (Rwanda: Nyungwe Forest)
References
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- 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.
External links
- Charaxes imperialis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- 99688 Charaxes imperialis imperialis images at BOLD
- Charaxes imperialis albipunctatus images at BOLD
- Charaxes imperialis dargei images at BOLD
- Charaxes imperialis paulinus images at BOLD
- Charaxes imperialis werneri images at BOLD
- Images of Charaxes imperialis albipuncta Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of Charaxes imperialis imperialis (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C.imperialis pauliani (Albertine Rift Project)
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