Charaxes lucretius

Charaxes lucretius
	Charaxes lucretius intermedius - male
	Charaxes lucretius intermedius - female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. lucretius
Binomial name
	Charaxes lucretius; (Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
	Papilio lucretius Cramer, [1775]; Charaxes lucretius lucida Le Cerf, 1923; Charaxes lucretius f. caliginosa Le Cerf, 1923; Charaxes cynthia f. albofascia Le Cerf, 1923; Charaxes lucretius f. babingtoni Stoneham, 1943; Charaxes lucretius f. alberici Dufrane, 1945; Charaxes lucretius f. victoriaeincola Storace, 1948;

Charaxes lucretius, the Violet-washed Charaxes or Common Red Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.

Taxonomy

Charaxes lucretius group:

Subspecies

Charaxes lucretius lucretius (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
Charaxes lucretius intermedius van Someren, 1971 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)
Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Charaxes lucretius saldanhai Bivar de Sousa, 1983 (north-western Angola)
Charaxes lucretius schofieldi Plantrou, 1989 (north-eastern Zambia)

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Biology

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit, but males are also attracted to animal droppings. The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis, Hugonia platysepala and Trema species.

References

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

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)181-226.[1]

External links

Images of C. lucretius intermedius Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. lucretius maximus (Albertine Rift Project)
Charaxes lucretius images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Charaxes lucretius lucretius images at BOLD
Charaxes lucretius maximus images at BOLD

[funet-1] Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela

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

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