Charaxes junius

Charaxes junius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. junius
Binomial name
	Charaxes junius; Oberthür, 1880
Synonyms
	Charaxes brutus f. ragazzii Storace, 1948;

Charaxes junius is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland savanna.

Subspecies

Charaxes junius junius (western and south-western Ethiopia)
Charaxes junius somalicus Rothschild, 1900 (southern Ethiopia, south-eastern Sudan)

References

^ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

van Someren, V.G.L. 1970 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)197-250.[1] page 218 and plate 4,figure 33

External links

Charaxes junius somalicus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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[funet-1] Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

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