Charaxes antamboulou
| Charaxes antamboulou | |
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| C. a. meridionalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. antamboulou |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes antamboulou Lucas, 1872 | |
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Charaxes antamboulou, the Madagascar green-veined charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Madagascar. The habitat consists of forests and wooded areas.
The larvae feed on Croton species.
Description
Charaxes antamboulou is very similar to Charaxes candiope but has smaller upperside submarginal and marginal stains and a more marked contrast between the black apical patches and the yellow basal colour of the upperside wings.
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 368-369 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 )
Taxonomy
Charaxes antamboulou is a member of the species group Charaxes candiope. The clade members are
- Charaxes candiope nominate
- Charaxes antamboulou
- Charaxes cowani
- Charaxes velox
- Charaxes thomasius
Ecozone
See also
External links
- 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.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 32
- Species info
- Charaxes antamboulou images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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