Charaxes lemosi
| Charaxes lemosi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. lemosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes lemosi | |
Charaxes lemosi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927. It is found on the island of Príncipe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Description
The wingspan of the male is 75 mm while the female is 90 mm. Its diet consists mostly of fermented fruits.
Taxonomy
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes lucretius.
References
- ↑ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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