Charaxes analava

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Charaxes analava
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. analava
Binomial name
Charaxes analava
Ward, 1872 .[1][2]

Charaxes analava is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3] The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests.

Charaxes analava figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Description[]

Ch. analava Ward . The marginal band of the hindwing is unicolorous black without spots and only reaches vein 4. The hindwing beneath behind the middle with a row of large eye-spots, of which the one in cellule 7 is especially large and distinct. Hindwing with 3 long tails, that at vein 3 somewhat shorter. Ground-colour of both wings light yellow. Madagascar. [4] A full description is also given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 362-364 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])

Taxonomy[]

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

References[]

  1. ^ Ward, C. 1872 Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9:2-3..
  2. ^ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  4. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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