Charaxes lucretius

Charaxes lucretius
Charaxes lucretius intermedius - male
Charaxes lucretius intermedius - female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. lucretius
Binomial name
Charaxes lucretius
(Cramer, [1775])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio lucretius Cramer, [1775]
  • Charaxes lucretius lucida Le Cerf, 1923
  • Charaxes lucretius f. caliginosa Le Cerf, 1923
  • Charaxes cynthia f. albofascia Le Cerf, 1923
  • Charaxes lucretius f. babingtoni Stoneham, 1943
  • Charaxes lucretius f. alberici Dufrane, 1945
  • Charaxes lucretius f. victoriaeincola Storace, 1948

Charaxes lucretius, the Violet-washed Charaxes or Common Red Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.

Taxonomy

Charaxes lucretius group:

Subspecies

Primary forest habitat in Tanzania

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Biology

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit, but males are also attracted to animal droppings. The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis, Hugonia platysepala and Trema species.

References

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