Charaxes dilutus
| Charaxes dilutus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. dilutus |
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| Charaxes dilutus Rothschild, 1898[1] | |
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Charaxes dilutus is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Angola.[3] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Albizia adianthifolia and Scutia species.
Full description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 512 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
Subspecies
- Charaxes dilutus dilutus (Malawi, Zambia, eastern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern and western Tanzania)
- Charaxes dilutus amanica Collins, 1990 (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes dilutus kasitu White & Grant, 1989 (Malawi: west-central to the Dzelanyama Range) synonym for Charaxes eupale[2]
- Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974 (central Kenya, Uganda: south-west to Kigezi, Sudan) synonym for Charaxes eupale[2]
Similar species
Charaxes dilutus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade).The clade members are
- Charaxes subornatus
- Charaxes eupale
- Charaxes dilutus
- Charaxes montis
- Charaxes minor
- Charaxes schiltzei
- Charaxes schultzei
- Charaxes virescens
Ecozone
References
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- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- 1 2 3 Bouyer, Zakharov, Rougerie & Vingerhoedt , 2008 Les Charaxes du "groupe eupale" : Description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lépidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologia Africana Hors série n°3, 2008.
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- 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.
- Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologica Africana Hors Série 3:1-32.
External links
- ssp. diluta African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
- ssp. amanica African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt images of eupale group
- Charaxes dilutus dilutus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes dilutus amanica images at BOLD
- Charaxes dilutus kasitu images at BOLD
- Charaxes dilutus veneris images at BOLD
- Images of C. dilutus amanica Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. dilutus ngonga (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search (noting synonymy above on this page)
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