Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Charaxes bohemani | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes Rank Species | |
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Similar Charaxes guderiana, Charaxes violetta, Charaxes pythodoris, Charaxes xiphares, Charaxes achaemenes | ||
Charaxes bohemani, the large blue emperor, large blue charaxes or divebomber charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa.
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The wingspan is 65–75 mm in males and 78–95 mm in females. Their flight period is year-round.
Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 374-376 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
The larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora, Lonchocarpus capassa, Dalbergia nitidula, Scotia brachypetala, and Xeroderris stuhlmanni.
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group
the supposed clade members are
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013
References
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