Charaxes lasti
| Silver-striped Charaxes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. lasti |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889[1] | |
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The Silver-striped Charaxes (Charaxes lasti) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of coastal and sub-coastal forests and heavy woodland.
The larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Paramacrolobium coeruleum, Julbernardia magnistipulata, and Macrolobium species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes cynthia group
The group members are
- Charaxes cynthia similar to Charaxes lucretius
- Charaxes protoclea
- Charaxes boueti close to next
- Charaxes lasti close to last
- Charaxes alticola
Subspecies
- Charaxes lasti lasti (Kenya: southern coast and the Shimba Hills, north-eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes lasti kimbozae Kielland, 1984 (eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes lasti magomberae Kielland, 1984 (eastern Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Charaxes lasti, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1970). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 197-250.
External links
- Images of C. lasti lasti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes lasti images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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