Charaxes defulvata

Charaxes defulvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. defulvata
Binomial name
Charaxes defulvata
Joicey & Talbot, 1926[1]

Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[2] The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.

Taxonomy

The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes.

It is a member of the Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are:

References

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