Charaxes kheili

Charaxes kheili
Charaxes kheili- dorsal side
Charaxes kheili - Ventral side
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. kheili
Binomial name
Charaxes kheili
Staudinger, 1896[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes kheili f. curvilinea Basquin and Turlin, 1986
  • Charaxes kheili f. flavimacula Basquin and Turlin, 1986
  • Charaxes kheili f. caeruleolinea Basquin and Turlin, 1986

Charaxes kheili is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the north-western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of woodland savanna.

Taxonomy

Charaxes kheili is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Ecozone

Afrotropical ecozone

References

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