Charaxes cedreatis

Charaxes cedreatis, the green demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of evergreen forests, Brachystegia woodland and riverine forests.

"Green demon charaxes" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Charaxes subrubidus.

Charaxes cedreatis
Female
Male from the CAR - ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. cedreatis
Binomial name
Charaxes cedreatis
Synonyms
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. lutacea Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. vetula Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. protocedreatis Poulton, 1926
  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis f. inexpectata van Someren, 1969

Adult males feed on otter scats, but are also attracted to other carnivore droppings, as well as moist sand. Adult females seem to prefer fermenting fruit and sap oozing from wounds in tree trunks and branches.

The larvae feed on Albizia brownei, Albizia grandibracteata, Albizia zygia, Griffonia simplicifolia, Annona senegalensis, Dalbergia lactea and Scutia myrtina.

Taxonomy

Charaxes cedreatis is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini


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