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Charaxes hildebrandti

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Charaxes hildebrandti
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C. hildebrandti
Binomial name
Charaxes hildebrandti
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis hildebrandti Dewitz, 1879
  • Charaxes hildebrandtii
  • Charaxes galba Distant, 1879
  • Charaxes talagugae Holland, 1886
  • Charaxes hidebrandti hildebrandti f. michelae Plantrou, 1980

Charaxes hildebrandti, Hildebrandt’s Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Dyboscia species.

Subspecies

  • Charaxes hildebrandti hildebrandti (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, northern and central Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda)
  • Charaxes hildebrandti gillesi Plantrou, 1973 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
  • Charaxes hildebrandti katangensis Talbot, 1928 (eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Zambia, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)

Taxonomy

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

Ecozone

Afrotropical ecozone

References

  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.[1]

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