Charaxes kahldeni
| Charaxes kahldeni | |
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| Charaxes khaldeni from Boukoko, CAR | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. kahldeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882[1] | |
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Charaxes kahldeni is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Uganda and southern Sudan.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Description
Very similar to Charaxes zoolina Hindwing underside in cell 1 c with a black longitudinal stripe, which extends almost to the anal angle and joins with the similar median strip.
Taxonomy
Charaxes kahldeni is a member of the species group Charaxes zoolina. The clade members are
- Charaxes zoolina Nominate
- Charaxes kahldeni
The group differs from all the others in Charaxes in the male having a tail on vein 2, but the female having two long tails on veins 2, 4. There are two different forms, one with black markings on a greenish white base colour (wet season form) and one with reddish-brown markings on red-yellow whitish colour (dry season form). These forms can be from eggs of the same female.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Charaxes kahldeni |
- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487.
External links
- Pteron Images
- Charaxes khaldeni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. kahldeni Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)