Charaxes fulgurata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. fulgurata
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| Charaxes fulgurata Aurivillius, 1899[1]
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Charaxes fulgurata, the lightning charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba, Lomami), north-western Zimbabwe and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and savanna woodland.
Adults have been observed feeding on elephant dung.
The larvae feed on Erythrophleum africanum and Amblygonocarpus andongensis.
Taxonomy
Charaxes fulgurata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes fulgurata.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes fulgurata.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.[1]
External links
- Charaxes fulgurata images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. fulgurata Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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