Charaxes williami
Charaxes williami | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. williami
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes williami |
Charaxes williami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Zambia.[3][4] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.
Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and fermenting sap from injured trees.
The larvae feed on .
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- ^ Henning, S.F. , 2002 in Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i-xvii, 1-137.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- ^ Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)[1] Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 2002
- Charaxes
- Endemic fauna of Zambia
- Butterflies of Africa
- Charaxinae stubs