Charaxes bohemani
| Large Blue Emperor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. bohemani |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes bohemani C. & R. Felder, 1859 | |
The Large Blue Emperor, Large Blue Charaxes, or Divebomber Charaxes (Charaxes bohemani) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 65–75 mm in males and 78–95 mm in females. Their flight period is year-round.[2]
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 374-376 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
The larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora, Lonchocarpus capassa, Dalbergia nitidula, Scotia brachypetala, and Xeroderris stuhlmanni.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group
the supposed clade members are
- Charaxes tiridates
- Charaxes numenes similar to next
- Charaxes bipunctatus similar to last
- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes bubastis
- Charaxes albimaculatus
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes schoutedeni
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes pythodoris
- ? Charaxes overlaeti
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013 [3]
References
- 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.
External links
- Images of C. bohemani Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes bohemani images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes bohemani matakall images at BOLD
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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