Charaxes tectonis

Charaxes tectonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Charaxes
Species: C. tectonis
Binomial name
Charaxes tectonis
Jordan, 1937[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes druceanus tectonis Jordan, 1937
  • Charaxes druceanus nebularum Darge, 1977

Charaxes tectonis, the mountain silver-barred charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests.

Subspecies

  • Charaxes tectonis tectonis (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon: west to the Bamenda Forest and Mount Oku)
  • Charaxes tectonis nebularum Darge, 1977 (Cameroon: Manengouba massif)

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