Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Charaxes fulgurata, the lightning charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba, Lomami), north-western Zimbabwe and Zambia. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and savanna woodland.
Adults have been observed feeding on elephant dung.
The larvae feed on Erythrophleum africanum and Amblygonocarpus andongensis.
Taxonomy
Charaxes fulgurata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
References
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