Charaxes grahamei
Charaxes grahamei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. grahamei |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes grahamei van Someren, 1969[1] | |
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Charaxes grahamei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, where it inhabits the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika.[2] The habitat consists of lowland and sub-montane forests.
The larvae probably feed on Scutia species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes grahamei 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
- Charaxes grahamei images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes grahamei f. lacteata images at BOLD
- Charaxes grahamei blue form images at BOLD
- Images of C. grahamei Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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