Charaxes richelmanni

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

Charaxes richelmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. richelmanni
Binomial name
Charaxes richelmanni
Röber, 1936[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes fallax Richelmann, 1913
  • Charaxes orientalis Scheven, 1975 (preocc.)

Subspecies

  • C. r. richelmanni (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • C. r. ducarmei Plantrou, 1982 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu) – may be a full species
  • C. r. scheveni Ackery, 1995 (Tanzania)

Taxonomy

The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:

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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