Charaxes varanes

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Pearl Emperor
Charaxes varanes - Malawi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. varanes
Binomial name
Charaxes varanes
(Cramer, 1764)
Synonyms
  • Papilio varanes Cramer, 1777
  • Palla vologeses Mabille, 1876
  • Charaxes nigrescens Butler, 1896
  • Charaxes varanes brachycauda Le Cerf, 1923
  • Charaxes varanes vologeses ab. minor Storace, 1948
  • Charaxes varanes vologeses ab. antinorii Storace, 1948

The Karkloof Emperor or Pearl Emperor (Charaxes varanes) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in Africa from Saudi Arabia to South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 70–90 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[2]

Larvae feed on Allophylus spp. and Cardiospermum halicacabum.[1][2]

Description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 354 for terms see Volume 5:545-601

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Type species of subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes) The group members are

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • C. v. bertrami Riley, 1931 (Oman, eastern Yemen)
  • C. v. torbeni Turlin, 1999 (Yemen) Perhaps full species
  • C. v. varanes (Cramer, 1764) (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland)
  • C. v. vologeses (Mabille, 1876) (Africa)
Charaxes varanes vologeses

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charaxes, funet.fi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005
  • Victor Gurney Logan 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.

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