Charaxes velox
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. velox
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Charaxes velox |
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[]
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- ^ 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[]
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1899
- Charaxes
- Endemic fauna of Socotra
- Charaxinae stubs