Charaxes congdoni

Charaxes congdoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. congdoni
Binomial name
	Charaxes congdoni; Collins, 1989

Charaxes congdoni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Tanzania (the uplands from Mufindi to Mwanihana) and Malawi.^[4] The habitat consists of montane forests from 1,600 to 2,200 meters.

The larvae feed on Albizia - Albizia gummifera and species.

Taxonomy[]

Charaxes congdoni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

Closest to Charaxes nyikensis and Charaxes alpinus . Also very similar to Charaxes margaretae. Similar to Charaxes mccleeryi but smaller and with shorter tails (many mccleeryi are virtually indistinguishable from congdoni in the adult facies but the genitalia differ). ^[5]

References[]

^ Collins, S. C in Henning, S.F. 1988 [1989]. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa. Aloe Books, Johannesburg, 1-457.
^ Collins, 1989 in Mark C. Williams Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007 Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region
^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

External links[]

Charaxes congdoni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
African Butterfly Database Range map via search
African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt taxonomy, images

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[1] Collins, S. C in Henning, S.F. 1988 [1989]. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa. Aloe Books, Johannesburg, 1-457.

[2] Collins, 1989 in Mark C. Williams Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007 Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region

[funet-3] "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-4] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

[5] Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

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