Charaxes lycurgus

Charaxes lycurgus
Charaxes lycurgus from CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. lycurgus
Binomial name
Charaxes lycurgus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio lycurgus Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio laodice Drury, 1782
  • Nymphalis nesiope Hewitson, 1854

Charaxes lycurgus, the Laodice Untailed Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and riverine forests.

Riverine forest at the Congo Uganda border

Adult males feed on otter and bird droppings and both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit.

The larvae feed on Pterocarpus santalinoides, Paullinia pinnata, Albizia zygia, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Dalbergia, Millettia, Dichapetalum and Trachyphrynium species.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Charaxes lycurgus is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are:

Clade 1

Clade 2

References

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  1. ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini


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