Charaxes chintechi

Charaxes chintechi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. chintechi
Binomial name
	Charaxes chintechi; van Someren, 1975 [1]
Synonyms
	Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. cytila Rothschild, 1900; Charaxes manica f. chintechi van Someren and Jackson, 1952; Charaxes manica f. protomanica van Someren, 1966; Charaxes protomanica van Someren, 1975; Charaxes pseudomanica Minig, 1976; Charaxes chintechi Minig, 1976; Charaxes chintechi f. oriens Rydon, 1990 in Kielland, 1990; Charaxes chintechi f. ochrepicta Rydon, 1990 in Kielland, 1990;

Charaxes chintechi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Tanzania, eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and Mozambique.^[3] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland (Miombo)

Taxonomy

Charaxes chintechi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles The male is very similar to both Charaxes manica and Charaxes howarthi ^[4]

^ van Someren. V.G.L., 1975 Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3):65-136.
^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

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