Charaxes contrarius
| Charaxes contrarius | |
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| Charaxes etheocles var. contrarius figure 2 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. contrarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969[1] | |
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Charaxes contrarius is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, heavy coastal woodland and riverine vegetation at altitudes of near sea-level up to 700 meters.
The larvae feed on Albizia species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes contrarius is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
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- ↑ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
External links
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt taxonomy, images
- Charaxes contrarius images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. contrarius Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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