Charaxes virilis

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Charaxes virilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. virilis
Binomial name
Charaxes virilis
van Someren & Jackson, 1952[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes etheocles f. virilis Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes virilis f. blandini Minig, 1976
  • Charaxes virilis f. blandini Henning, 1989
  • Charaxes etheocles f. lenis Jordan, 1929

Charaxes virilis, the Blue Demon Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and forest/savanna mosaic.

The larvae feed on Adenanthera pavonina, Griffonia simplicifolia, Cathormium, Dalbergia, Entada and Tetrapleura species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes virilis is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Subspecies

  • Charaxes virilis virilis (Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso. Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Charaxes virilis lenis Henning, 1989 (Uganda)

References

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  1. ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.

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