Charaxes fionae

Charaxes fionae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Charaxes
Species: C. fionae
Binomial name
Charaxes fionae
Henning, 1977[1][2]

Charaxes fionae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central, southern and eastern Zambia, Malawi and western Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla, Dalbergia boehmii and Entada abyssinica.

References

  1. ↑ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Henning, S.F. (1977) Description and biology of a new species of Charaxes Ochsenheimer from central Africa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30 (20):231-238.
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini


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