Charaxes hadrianus
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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. hadrianus
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Charaxes hadrianus, the Hadrian's white charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Taxonomy
Charaxes hadrianus is the sole member of the Charaxes hadrianus group.
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, south-western Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[1][2][3] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.
Description
Charaxes hadrianus has a wingspan reaching about 90 millimetres (3.5 in). The upperside of the forewings is white, with a brown basal area and a black apical part showing several white spots. The underside of the forewings is grey, with a large black eyespot. The upperside of the hindwings is white, with black outer margins. The underside of the hindwings is crossed vertically midway by a red band, with a row of small black spot on the outer margin.[4]
Biology
The larvae feed on Ourateaspecies (Ouratea reticulata)[1] and Ochna species.
References
- ^ a b c "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- ^ African Butterfly Database
- ^ The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine – Vol. VII
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31
- 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.[1]
External links
- Charaxes hadrianus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes hadrianus lecerfi images at BOLD
- Images of C. hadrianus hadrianus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Butterflies of Ghana
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