Charaxes cedreatis
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Charaxes cedreatis, the Green Demon Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of evergreen forests, Brachystegia woodland and riverine forests.
Adult males feed on otter scats, but are also attracted to other carnivore droppings, as well as moist sand. Adult females seem to prefer fermenting fruit and sap oozing from wounds in tree trunks and branches.
The larvae feed on Albizia brownei, Albizia grandibracteata, Albizia zygia, Griffonia simplicifolia, Annona senegalensis, Dalbergia lactea and Scutia myrtina.
Taxonomy
Charaxes cedreatis is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
- ^ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 33 c
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[1]
External links
- Charaxes cedreatis images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. cedreatis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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