Charaxes obudoensis
Charaxes obudoensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. obudoensis
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes obudoensis | |
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Charaxes obudoensis, the Obudu pearl charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon.[3]
The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests at altitudes above 1,400 meters.
Taxonomy[]
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes acuminatus.
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes obudoensis. |
- ^ 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
External links[]
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1969
- Charaxes
- Charaxinae stubs