Charaxes nandina

Charaxes nandina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. nandina
Binomial name
Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901[1]

Charaxes nandina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, in the central highlands east of the Rift Valley.^[2]

The larvae feed on Drypetes gerrardii, Craibia brownii and Hippocratea africana.

The habitat is semi-dry and high forest.

Charaxes nandina is very closely related to Charaxes xiphares.

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes nandina.

Wikispecies has information related to: Charaxes nandina

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1964 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)181-235.

External links

• Images of C. nandina Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes nandina images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life