Charaxes chunguensis

Charaxes chunguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Charaxes
Species: C. chunguensis
Binomial name
Charaxes chunguensis
White & Grant, 1986[1]

Charaxes chunguensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes from 1,700 to 2,200 meters.

The larvae possibly feed on Albizia species.

Taxonomy

It is considered a good species but very close to Charaxes mccleeryi.[3]

References

  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  3. "African Charaxes/ Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt". Archived from the original on 2013-06-28.


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