Charaxes cithaeron
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. cithaeron
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Charaxes cithaeron, the blue-spotted emperor or blue-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-east Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 70–80 mm in males and 85–95 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[2]
Larvae feed on Trema orientalis, Albizia adianthifolia, Celtis africana, Cola natalensis, Chaerachme aristata, Bafia racemosa, Afzelia quanzensis, Milletia sutherlandi, Maytenus senegalensis, and Craibia brevecaudatus.[1][2]
Full description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 379-382 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
Habitat
Forested areas from the coastal belt to the Kenya Highlands.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- C. c. cithaeron C. & R. Felder, 1859 (Tanzania, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)
- C. c. joanae van Someren, 1964 (Zambia, northern Zimbabwe and possibly the Tukuyu District of Tanzania)
- C. c. kennethi Poulton, 1926 (coast of Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
- C. c. nairobicus van Son, 1953 (Kenya: central highlands east of the Rift Valley)
- C. c. nyasae van Someren, 1964 (Malawi)
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.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1964). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181-235.[3]
External links
- Charaxes cithaeron images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. cithaeron cithaeron Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. cithaeron kennethi (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. Cithaeron nairobicus (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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