Charaxes lasti

Charaxes lasti, the silver-striped charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of coastal and sub-coastal forests and heavy woodland.

Silver-striped charaxes
Charaxes lasti in Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. lasti
Binomial name
Charaxes lasti
Synonyms
  • Charaxes boueti centralis Neustetter, 1929

The larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Paramacrolobium coeruleum, Julbernardia magnistipulata, and Macrolobium species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes cynthia group.

The group members are:

Subspecies

  • Charaxes lasti lasti (Kenya: southern coast and the Shimba Hills, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes lasti kimbozae Kielland, 1984 (eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes lasti magomberae Kielland, 1984 (eastern Tanzania)

References

  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1970). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 197-250.


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