Charaxes virilis
| Charaxes virilis | |
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| Charaxes virilis virilis male from Cameroon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. virilis |
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| Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952[1] | |
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Charaxes virilis, the Blue Demon Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and forest/savanna mosaic.
The larvae feed on Adenanthera pavonina, Griffonia simplicifolia, Cathormium, Dalbergia, Entada and Tetrapleura species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes virilis is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Subspecies
- Charaxes virilis virilis (Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso. Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Charaxes virilis lenis Henning, 1989 (Uganda)
References
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- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
External links
- Images of C. virilis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Ghana Butterflies images
- Charaxes virilis images (Consortium for the Barcode of Life)
- Charaxes virilis lena images BOLD
- Charaxes virilis virilis images BOLD
- Charaxes virilis virilis f. blandini images BOLD
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