Charaxes smaragdalis

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Charaxes smaragdalis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. smaragdalis
Binomial name
Charaxes smaragdalis
Butler, [1866][1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes smaragdalis f. schoutedeni Ghesquière, 1933
  • Charaxes princeps Butler, 1896
  • Charaxes smaragdalis orientalis Joicey & Talbot, 1918 (preocc. Lanz, 1896)
  • Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis f. beni van Someren, 1964
  • Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi f. pseudobohemani Plantrou, 1979
  • Charaxes smaragdalis f. caerulea Carpenter and Jackson, 1950

Charaxes smaragdalis, the western blue charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Senegal to Somalia, from Angola to Kenya and from Sudan to Egypt.

The butterfly's wingspan is 85 to 100 mm. Adults are black with white and blue bands and spots. The hindwings each have two little tails.[2]

Figure 5

Description[]

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Ch. smaragdalis Btlr. Both wings above from the base to the apex of the cell black with greenish or bluish reflection, then follows in the male a blue half-band, about 10 mm. in breadth, between the hindmargin and vein 2 or 3 and in each cellule from 3—7 two very widely separated spots, all blue except the distal ones in cellules 6 and 7; in the female there is in the middle a white transverse band, 7 mm. in breadth, running obliquely from the costal margin towards the hinder angle and reaching vein 1; the outer row of spots, which runs almost parallel with the distal margin in the male, is almost identical in the female. The hindwing has behind the apex of the cell a blue transverse band 12 (male)—15 (female) mm. in breadth and is black at the distal margin with blue-white submarginal spots and marginal line. The under surface is dark grey-brown, marked almost as in bohemanni. Niger to Angola and Uganda. — The blue transverse band on the upperside of the hindwing is narrower and everywhere completely separated from the blue marginal line. Sierra Leone to the Gold Coast. [3] See External links for the original description by Arthur Gardiner Butler published in 1866 in The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.

Habitat in Gabon (Franceville)

Biology[]

Its habitat is (lowland rainforest in the west, gallery forest in the south, and patches of lowland and montane forest in the east).[4][5]


Taxonomy[]

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[6]

Subspecies[]

  • C. s. smaragdalis (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire) [7]
  • C. s. butleri Rothschild, 1900[8] (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia) [9]
  • C. s. caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950[10][11] (eastern Zaire, south-western Uganda)[12]
  • C. s. elgonae van Someren, 1964[13] (Uganda)[12]
  • C. s. gobyae Plantrou, 1988C. s. gobyae Plantrou, 1988 [14] (south-eastern Sudan)[12]
  • C. s. homonymus Bryk, F. 1939[15] (south-west Kenya , north Tanzania)
  • C. s. kagera van Someren, 1964 (north-western Tanzania, south-western Uganda)[12]
  • C. s. kigoma van Someren, 1964 (Tanzania)[12]
  • C. s. leopoldi Ghesquière, 1933[16](northern Angola, eastern Congo, south-western Zaire)[12]
  • C. s. metu van Someren, 1964 (south-western Sudan, northern Uganda)[12]
  • C. s. toro van Someren, 1964 (western Uganda)[12]
  • C. s. allardi Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 1997 [17][12]

References[]

  1. ^ Butler, A.G. 1866. Monograph of the species of Charaxes, a genus of diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 622-639.
  2. ^ "ButterflyCorner.net: Charaxes smaragdalis (Western Blue Charaxes)". en.butterflycorner.net. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  3. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Henning, S.F. 1988 [1989]. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa. Aloe Books, Johannesburg, 1-457
  5. ^ Frankenbach, B. Turlin; [editors:] Erich Bauer, Thomas (2007). Butterflies of the World. Goecke & Evers. p. iv. ISBN 9783937783321. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
  7. ^ "Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  8. ^ Rothschild, W. 1900 in Rothschild, W., & Jordan, K. 1900. A monograph of Charaxes and the allied prionopterous genera. Novitates Zoologicae 7: [i-iv], 287-524.
  9. ^ "Charaxes smaragdalis butleri". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  10. ^ Carpenter, G.D.H., and Jackson, T.H.E. 1950. New butterflies from East Africa and the Ituri Forest. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 19: 97-108.
  11. ^ Jackson, T.H.E. 1951. Notes on some new or rare Rhopalocera from eastern Africa. Revisional notes and descriptions of some new East African Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 20: 91-105..
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "African Butterfly Database". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  13. ^ van Someren, V.G.L. 1964. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 15:181-235.
  14. ^ Plantrou, J. 1989. In: Henning, 1989. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa 165 (457 pp.). Johannesburg.
  15. ^ Bryk, F. 1939 in Stichel, 1939. In: Bryk, F., Lepidopterorum Catalogus 30 (91): s’Gravenhage 444 (375-542.
  16. ^ Ghesquière, J. 1933. Variations et aberrations de Lepidopteres (suite). Sur deux races nouvelles de Charaxes smaragdalis Btlr. (Nymph.). 33: 3-6.
  17. ^ Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, E. 1997. Description d’une nouvelle sous-espece de Charaxes smaragdalis Butler, 1865 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Entomologia Africana 2 (2): 32-33, 36-39.

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