Charaxes mycerina
| Charaxes mycerina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. mycerina |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes mycerina (Godart, 1824)[1] | |
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Charaxes mycerina, the Mycerina Untailed Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.
Description
Very similar to Charaxes doubledayi and similar to other members of the lycurgus group but forewing upperside without marginal marks.Hindwing with almost contiguous blue marginal lines.
Subspecies
- Charaxes mycerina mycerina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
- Charaxes mycerina nausicaa Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bioko)
Taxonomy
Charaxes mycerina is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are
Clade 1
Clade 2
- Charaxes mycerina
- Charaxes doubledayi
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Charaxes mycerina |
- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Images of C. mycerina mycerina Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes mycerina images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes mycerina viettei images at BOLD
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