Charaxes fulvescens

Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes

Similar Charaxes numenes, Charaxes anticlea, Charaxes paphianus, Charaxes eupale, Charaxes lucretius

Charaxes fulvescens, the forest pearl charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes. Occasionally inhabits savanna.

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The larvae feed on Allophylus species, including A. macrobothrys, A. africanus, A. macrostachys and A. subcoriaceus.

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

Subspecies

Charaxes fulvescens fulvescens (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Charaxes fulvescens imenti Plantrou, 1989 (central Kenya)

Charaxes fulvescens marialuisae Canu, 1989 (Bioko)

Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900 (Central African Republic, southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)

Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975 (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria)

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Charaxes fulvescens Wikipedia

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