Charaxes manica

Manica charaxes
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. manica
Binomial name
Charaxes manica Trimen, 1894
Synonyms
Charaxes dewitzi Butler, 1895 Charaxes chittyi Rydon, 1980 Charaxes chittyi f. helgae Rydon, 1980

Charaxes manica, the Manica charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Zambia. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Both sexes feed from sap oozing from trees and from fermenting fruit. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Albizia antunesiana, Dalbergiella nyasae, Albizia antunesiana, Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegia boehmii and Dalbergia lactea.

Taxonomy

Charaxes manica is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 33 a
• 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]
• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.[2] Further notes

External links

• Images of C. manica Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes manica images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes manica/chiityi images at BOLD
• Charaxes manica f. pseudophaeus images at BOLD
• Charaxes manica subrubidus images at BOLD
• Charaxes chittyi images at BOLD