Charaxes fulvescens
| Charaxes fulvescens | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. fulvescens |
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| Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891)[1] | |
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The Forest Pearl Charaxes (Charaxes fulvescens) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes.Occasionally inhabits savanna.
The larvae feed on Allophylus species, including Allophylus macrobothrys, Allophylus africanus, Allophylus macrostachys and Allophylus subcoriaceus.
Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes) The group members are
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
Subspecies
- Charaxes fulvescens fulvescens (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Charaxes fulvescens imenti Plantrou, 1989 (central Kenya)
- Charaxes fulvescens marialuisae Canu, 1989 (Bioko)
- Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900 (Central African Republic, southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
- Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975 (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Charaxes fulvescens |
- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1963). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.
External links
- Charaxes fulvescens maesseni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes fulvescens marialuisae images at BOLD
- Charaxes fulvescens monitor images at BOLD
- Images of C. fulvescens monitor Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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