Charaxes nichetes

Charaxes nichetes
Charaxes nichetes nichetes from CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. nichetes
Binomial name
Charaxes nichetes
Grose-Smith, 1883[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes hamatus Dewitz, 1884
  • Charaxes ogovensis Holland, 1886
  • Charaxes nichetes bouchei f. veronicae Plantrou, 1974
  • Charaxes leoninus Butler, 1895
  • Charaxes nichetes ssese f. bugalla Turlin and Lequeux, 2002

Charaxes nichetes, the Manx Charaxes or Water Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of forests, low altitude woodland savanna and Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit and males mud-puddle. Adults are on wing most of the year.

The larvae feed on Uapaca nitida, Uapaca kirkiana and Uapaca sansibarica.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Charaxes nichetes is the sole member of species group Charaxes nichetes

References

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