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Charaxes hansali

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Charaxes

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Similar
  
Charaxes ansorgei, Charaxes phoebus, Charaxes druceanus, Charaxes pelias, Charaxes eudoxus

Charaxes hansali, the cream-banded charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. The habitat consists of arid savanna.

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The larvae feed on Salvadora persica, Osyris lanceolata, Colpoon compressum and Dobera glabra.

Subspecies

  • C. h. hansali (northern, eastern and south-eastern Ethiopia, Somalia: north to the Wagga Mountains)
  • C. h. arabica Riley, 1931 (Oman)
  • C. h. baringana Rothschild, 1905 (Tanzania: southern shores of Lake Victoria, eastern Rwanda, Kenya, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia)
  • C. h. kulalae van Someren, 1975 (Kenya: Mount Kulal, Ethiopia: south to Nighelli)
  • C. h. yemeni Turlin, 1998 (Yemen)

    • Taxonomy

    The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:

  • Charaxes jasius
  • Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
  • Charaxes hansali
  • Charaxes castor
  • Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
  • Charaxes andara – Madagascar
  • Charaxes ansorgei
  • Charaxes phoebus
  • Charaxes pollux
  • Charaxes druceanus
  • Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
  • Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
  • Charaxes eudoxus
  • Charaxes richelmanni

    • References

    Charaxes hansali Wikipedia
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