Charaxes violetta
| Violet-spotted emperor | |
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| Male figures 1 and 2, female figure 8 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. violetta
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| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes violetta Grose-Smith, 1885
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Charaxes violetta, the violet-spotted emperor or violet-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 65–70 mm for males and 75–85 mm for females. Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June.[2]
Larvae feed on Blighia unijugata) and Deinbollia species.[1][2]
Full description
- Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 372 for terms see volume 5:545-601 [2].
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
- Charaxes tiridates
- Charaxes numenes - similar to next
- Charaxes bipunctatus - similar to last
- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes bubastis
- Charaxes albimaculatus
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes schoutedeni
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes pythodoris
- ? Charaxes overlaeti
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[3]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- C. v. maritima van Someren, 1966 (coast of Kenya, Tanzania: north-east to the coast)
- C. v. melloni Fox, 1963 (Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Malawi, eastern Tanzania)
- C. v. meru van Someren, 1966 (Kenya: north-eastern slopes of Mount Kenya and in the Njombeni Hills)
- C. v. violetta Grose-Smith, 1885 (southern Mozambique, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal)
Realm
References
- ^ a b c "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31
- 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.[3]
External links
- Images of C. v. violetta Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. v. maritima (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images at Bold Charaxes violetta
- Bold images C. v. maritima (verso)
- Bold images C. v. melloni