Charaxes mixtus

Charaxes mixtus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Charaxes mixtus
C. m. mixtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. mixtus
Binomial name
Charaxes mixtus
Rothschild, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes bubastis van Schultze, 1916

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

The supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[3]

Subspecies
  • Charaxes mixtus mixtus (Cameroon, south-western Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988 (north-western Tanzania)

References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  3. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264. also as Charaxes bubastis


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