Charaxes mccleeryi

Charaxes mccleeryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. mccleeryi
Binomial name
	Charaxes mccleeryi; van Someren, 1972

Charaxes mccleeryi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.^[3] The habitat consists of lowland to montane forests at altitudes from 600 to 2,150 meters.

The larvae feed on Albizia species.

Taxonomy[]

Charaxes mccleeryi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Similar to Charaxes congdoni but larger and with longer tails. Differs from Charaxes usambarae in the less dentate wing margins ^[4]

Charaxes mccleeryi mccleeryi (north-eastern Tanzania)
Charaxes mccleeryi iringae Kielland, 1990 ^[5] (Tanzania: central to the Iringa District)

^ Van Someren , V.G.L. 1972. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 27 (4): 215-264.
^ "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.
^ Kielland, J. 1990 in Kielland, J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363..

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.[1]

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