Charaxes andranodorus
Charaxes andranodorus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of wet evergreen forests and rainforests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. andranodorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes andranodorus Mabille, 1884[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.
Description
In 1900, a full description was given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524 pages 420-422.
Subspecies
- C. a. andranodorus (eastern Madagascar)
- C. a. andrefana Viette, 1975 (western Madagascar)
Taxonomy
The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
- Charaxes andara – Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
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, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487.
- Charaxes andrefana images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes andranodorus images at BOLD
- Charaxes andranodorus andrefana images at BOLD verso
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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