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Charaxes barnsi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Charaxes

Similar
  
Charaxes monteiri, Charaxes mixtus, Charaxes pythodoris, Charaxes antiquus, Charaxes kheili

Charaxes barnsi is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found on the island of Príncipe. The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927.

The butterfly has a purplish color and is measured 105 mm.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

The supposed clade members are:

  • Charaxes tiridates
  • Charaxes numenes similar to next
  • Charaxes bipunctatus similar to last
  • Charaxes violetta
  • Charaxes fuscus
  • Charaxes mixtus
  • Charaxes bubastis
  • Charaxes albimaculatus
  • Charaxes barnsi
  • Charaxes bohemani
  • Charaxes schoutedeni
  • Charaxes monteiri
  • Charaxes smaragdalis
  • Charaxes xiphares
  • Charaxes cithaeron
  • Charaxes nandina
  • Charaxes imperialis
  • Charaxes ameliae
  • Charaxes pythodoris
  • ? Charaxes overlaeti
  • For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013

    References

    Charaxes barnsi Wikipedia