Charaxes mafuga
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. mafuga
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes mafuga | |
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Charaxes mafuga is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.[3] The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
Taxonomy[]
Charaxes mafuga is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes mafuga. |
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes mafuga. |
- ^ Van Someren, V.G.L. 1969. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 23: 75-166.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[1]
External links[]
- Charaxes mafuga images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. mafuga Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1969
- Charaxes
- Charaxinae stubs