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Charaxes balfourii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Charaxes

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Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found on Socotra. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.

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Description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. [1] page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

  • Charaxes varanes
  • Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
  • Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
  • Charaxes balfouri
  • Charaxes analava
  • Charaxes nicati
  • Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
  • Charaxes saperanus
  • Charaxes defulvata
  • References

    Charaxes balfourii Wikipedia