Charaxes plantroui

Charaxes plantroui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Charaxini
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. plantroui
Binomial name
	Charaxes plantroui; Minig, 1975
Synonyms
	Charaxes plantroui f. simonae Minig, 1975;

Charaxes plantroui, the pink-washed demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, northern and central Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.^[3] The habitat consists of drier forests and dense Guinea savanna.It is locally common.^[4]

The larvae feed on , Albizia adianthifolia, Afzelia africana, Griffonia simplicifolia, Andira inermis and .

References[]

^ Minig, A. 1975 Etude de Charaxes viola viola A.G. Butler et description d’une nouvelle espece. (Lep. Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 80 (3-4): 104-111.
^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
^ Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark

External links[]

Images of C. plantroui Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Charaxes plantroui images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life includes paratype
Charaxes plantroui f. simonae images at BOLD
Charaxes plantroui guioi images at BOLD guioi?

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[1] Minig, A. 1975 Etude de Charaxes viola viola A.G. Butler et description d’une nouvelle espece. (Lep. Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 80 (3-4): 104-111.

[funet-2] "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

[4] Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark

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