Charaxes baumanni
| Charaxes baumanni | |
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| Fig. 3 Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894 Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. baumanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891[1] | |
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Charaxes baumanni, the Little Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of open forests and woodland.
Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and also feed on animal scats. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Acacia brevispica, Acacia seyal, Acacia brevispica, Pterolobium stellatum and Caesalpinia decapetala.
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 491-492 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
Subspecies
- Charaxes baumanni baumanni (north-eastern Tanzania, south-eastern Kenya)
- Charaxes baumanni bamptoni van Someren, 1974 (Kenya: north to Mount Kulal)
- Charaxes baumanni bwamba van Someren, 1971 (Uganda: Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu)
- Charaxes baumanni didingensis van Someren, 1971 (Sudan: south to the Didinga Mountains, northern Uganda, northern Kenya)
- Charaxes baumanni granti Turlin, 1989 (eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes baumanni interposita van Someren, 1971 (western Kenya, eastern and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Charaxes baumanni nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991 (Kenya: north to Mount Nyiro)
- Charaxes baumanni selousi Trimen, 1894 (southern and eastern Zimbabwe, central Zambia)
- Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971 (northern Tanzania, Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
- Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894 (Democratic Republic of Congo, southern and western Tanzania, northern and eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique)
Taxonomy
Charaxes baumanni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Ecozone
Afrotropical ecozone
References
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- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)181-226.
- Van Someren , 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. Additional notes.
External links
- Images of C. baumanni baumanni Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. baumanni bamptoni Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. baumanni bwamba ' Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. baumanni interposita Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. baumanni tenuis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. baumanni whytei Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes baumanni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes baumanni baumanni images at BOLD
- Charaxes baumanni interposita images at BOLD
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search