Charaxes schiltzei

Charaxes schiltzei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Charaxini
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. schiltzei
Binomial name
Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991[1][2]

Charaxes schiltzei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.^[3]

Similar species[]

Charaxes subornatus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:

• Charaxes subornatus
• Charaxes eupale
• Charaxes dilutus
• Charaxes montis
• Charaxes minor
• Charaxes schiltzei
• Charaxes schultzei
• Charaxes virescens

Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the eupale species group.^[4]

Realm[]

Afrotropical realm

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes schiltzei.

Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes schiltzei.

• Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologica Africana Hors Série 3:1-32.

External links[]

• African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt images of eupale group
• Images of C. schiltzei Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes schiltzei images at Bold includes image of the holotype.

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