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Charaxes brainei

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Charaxes brainei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. brainei
Binomial name
Charaxes brainei
van Son, 1966 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola brainei van Son, 1966

Charaxes brainei, the Braine's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana.[3]

Description

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The female forewing upperside differs from that of Charaxes vansoni in a suffusion of blue into the postdiscal spots. The discal band of the hindwing is similarly suffused blue, and there is slight violaceous shade on the hindwing underside [4]

Biology

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The habitat consists of dry savanna. Flies from October to June; commonest in March and April Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum.

Taxonomy

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Charaxes brainei is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References

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  1. ^ Van son, G. 1966. A new subspecies of Charaxes viola Butler from South-West Africa. Novos Taxa Entomologicos (49): 7 pp
  2. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ^ Pringle et al , 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition