Charaxes chunguensis
Appearance
Charaxes chunguensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. chunguensis
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes chunguensis White & Grant, 1986[1]
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Charaxes chunguensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes from 1,700 to 2,200 meters.
The larvae possibly feed on Albizia species.
Taxonomy
It is considered a good species but very close to Charaxes mccleeryi.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes chunguensis.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- ^ "African Charaxes/ Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt". Archived from the original on 2013-06-28.
External links
- Charaxes chunguensis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search