Charaxes usambarae
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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. usambarae
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Charaxes usambarae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of lowland, sub-montane and montane forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia - A. zimmermannii and A. gummifera.
Subspecies[edit]
- Charaxes usambarae usambarae (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes usambarae maridadi Collins, 1987 [4](north-eastern Tanzania)
Taxonomy[edit]
Charaxes usambarae is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles. It was first described as a subspecies of Charaxes pembanus.
Differs from Charaxes mccleeryi in the more dentate wing margins [5]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes usambarae.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes usambarae.
- ^ Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ Collins, S.C. 1987 Three new African Nymphalidae. Lambillionea 87 (7-8): 92-96.
- ^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45–101.[1] page 73 Plate 9 Figures 65 and 66, 69 and 70
External links[edit]
- Images of C. usambarae usambarae Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes usambarae usambarae images at BOLD
- Charaxes usambarae maridadi images at BOLD
- Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. bella images at BOLD
- Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. maridadi images at BOLD
- Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. pseudorosae images at BOLD
- Charaxes usambarae usambarae f. collinsi images at BOLD
- Charaxes usambarae usambarae f. usambar images at BOLD
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