Charaxes monteiri

Charaxes monteiri
Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Charaxes
Species: C. monteiri
Binomial name
Charaxes monteiri

Charaxes monteiri is a rare tropical butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, belonging to the Charaxinae subfamily or leafwing butterflies.[2] It was described by Otto Staudinger and Ernst Schatz in 1885.

Description

Charaxes monteiri presents an important sexual dimorphism, as do most species of the genus Charaxes. The wingspan is about 90 millimetres (3.5 in) in the males and about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in the females. Adults mainly feed on rotting fruits. The male has a black-brown and blue wing, while the female has a brown wing with a wide white stripes on each side and a smaller one on top.

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the island of Sao Thome in the archipelago of São Tomé and Principe (Gulf of Guinea).[3] It can be found in the mountain peaks of volcanic origin.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

Other

The species of butterfly was featured on a Santomean stamp in 1979.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  2. ↑ Biolib
  3. ↑ "Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1885" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Further reading

  • Henning (S.), 1989 - The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa, pp. 1–457
  • Turlin (B.), 2005-2007 - Butterflies of the World. Parts 22, 25, 28, 32, Charaxes 1-4
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181-226.
  • Zipcodezoo


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