Charaxes latona
| Orange emperor | |
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| C. l. brennus of Halmahera, on the equator | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. latona |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes latona Butler, [1866] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charaxes latona, the orange emperor, is a butterfly of the rajahs and nawabs group, i.e. the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is native to the tropical rainforests of eastern Indonesia, western Melanesia and far northern Queensland, Australia, where it is limited to the Iron Range.[1]
They fly all year and may complete several generations annually.[2] Males are territorial and occupy perches some 6m up in forest trees, while females frequent forest edges and clearings.[2] Their food plant is Cryptocarya triplinervis.[2]
Subspecies
- Charaxes latona latona (Bacan)
- Charaxes latona artemis Rothschild, 1900 (Sula)
- Charaxes latona aruanus Butler, 1872 (Aru)
- Charaxes latona brennus C. & R. Felder, [1867] (Halmahera)
- Charaxes latona diana Rothschild, 1898 (New Hannover)
- Charaxes latona gigantea Hagen, 1897 (eastern Papua New Guinea)
- Charaxes latona grandis Hanafusa, 1989 (Morotai)
- Charaxes latona insignis Hanafusa, 1991 (Moluccas)
- Charaxes latona layardi Butler, 1896 (Bismarck archipelago)
- Charaxes latona leto Rothschild, 1898 (d'Entrecasteaux Islands)
- Charaxes latona marcia Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
- Charaxes latona meridionalis Rothschild, 1900 (south-eastern Papua New Guinea)
- Charaxes latona ombiranus Rothschild, 1900 (Obi)
- Charaxes latona papuensis Butler, 1869 (Irian Jaya)
- Charaxes latona stephanus Rothschild, 1900 (north-eastern Papua New Guinea)
