Charaxes mars
| Iron rajah | |
|---|---|
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| male | |
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| female C. m. madensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. mars |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes mars Staudinger, 1885 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charaxes mars, the iron rajah, is a butterfly of the rajahs and nawabs group, i.e. the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is endemic to Sulawesi in central Indonesia.[1]
Races
- Charaxes mars mars (northern Sulawesi)
- Charaxes mars dohertyi Rothschild, 1892 (southern Sulawesi)
- Charaxes mars madensis Rothschild, 1899 (Buru)
References
- ↑ "Point Map of Charaxes mars". Discover Life. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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