Charaxes analava
Appearance
Charaxes analava | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. analava
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes analava |
Charaxes analava is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 362-364 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
References
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1974). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29(8):415-487. [3]
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes analava.
- ^ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes analava images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search