Charaxes margaretae
Charaxes margaretae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. margaretae
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes margaretae |
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[]
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- ^ Rydon, A.H.B. 1980. In D’Abrera, 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical region 396 (593 pp.). Melbourne..
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links[]
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1980
- Charaxes
- Charaxinae stubs