Charaxes velox

Charaxes velox
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. velox
Binomial name
	Charaxes velox; Ogilvie-Grant, 1899

Charaxes velox is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra, an island in the Arabian Sea.^[3]

Description[]

A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 368 for terms see volume 5:545-601 [2]

Taxonomy[]

The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes candiope.

Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:

Charaxes candiope
Charaxes antamboulou - like next
Charaxes cowani - like last
Charaxes velox
Charaxes thomasius

References[]

^ Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1899. Descriptions of three new species of butterflies. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 10-11.
^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

External links[]

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[1] Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1899. Descriptions of three new species of butterflies. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 10-11.

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

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

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