Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
Similar Charaxes kahldeni, Charaxes protoclea, Charaxes bipunctatus, Charaxes lucretius, Charaxes numenes |
Charaxes hadrianus, the Hadrian's white charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, south-western Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. The habitat consists of wet primary forests.
The larvae feed on Ouratea reticulata and Ochna species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes hadrianus is the sole member of the Charaxes hadrianus group.
References
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