Charaxes margaretae

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Charaxes margaretae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. margaretae
Binomial name
Charaxes margaretae
Rydon, 1980 [1][2]

Charaxes margaretae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Malawi, south-western Tanzania and possibly eastern Zambia.[3]

The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, and .

Taxonomy[]

Virtually indistinguishable from Charaxes congdoni in the adult facies but the genitalia differ.

References[]

  1. ^ Rydon, A.H.B. 1980. In D’Abrera, 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical region 396 (593 pp.). Melbourne..
  2. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

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