Charaxes jahlusa
| Pearl-spotted Emperor | |
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| Charaxes jahlusa depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. jahlusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes jahlusa (Trimen, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Pearl-spotted Emperor or Pearl Spotted Charaxes (Charaxes jahlusa) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 43–56 mm in males and 50–62 mm in females. Flight period is from October to March, some species are year-round.[2]
Larvae feed on Pappea capensis, Dalbergia melanoxylon, and Haplocoelum foliosum.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Charaxes jahlusa is the sole member of the Charaxes jahlusa species group
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- C. j. argynnides Westwood, 1864 (southern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, northern and eastern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland)
- C. j. ganalensis Carpenter, 1937 (southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, northern Uganda, western Kenya)
- C. j. jahlusa (Trimen, 1862) (South Africa: Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province)
- C. j. kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (eastern and north-eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
- C. j. kigomaensis van Someren, 1975 (Tanzania: north-west to the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika)
- C. j. mafiae Turlin & Lequeux, 1992 (Tanzania: Mafia Island)
- C. j. rex Henning, 1978 (southern Zimbabwe, south-eastern Botswana, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng)
- C. j. rwandensis Plantrou, 1976 (western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
References
- 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.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31
External links
- Images of Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. jahlusa kenyensis (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. jahlusa kigomaensis (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. jahlusa rwandensis (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes jahlusa images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes jahlusa argynides images at BOLD
- Charaxes jahlusa mafiae images at BOLD
- Charaxes jahlusa pembana images at BOLD
- Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis images at BOLD