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Charaxes imperialis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Charaxes

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Similar
  
Charaxes ameliae, Charaxes numenes, Charaxes tiridates, Charaxes mixtus, Charaxes pythodoris

Charaxes imperialis, the imperial blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests

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The larvae probably feed on Sapindaceae species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

  • Charaxes tiridates
  • Charaxes numenes similar to next
  • Charaxes bipunctatus similar to last
  • Charaxes violetta
  • Charaxes fuscus
  • Charaxes mixtus
  • Charaxes bubastis
  • Charaxes albimaculatus
  • Charaxes barnsi
  • Charaxes bohemani
  • Charaxes schoutedeni
  • Charaxes monteiri
  • Charaxes smaragdalis
  • Charaxes xiphares
  • Charaxes cithaeron
  • Charaxes nandina
  • Charaxes imperialis
  • Charaxes ameliae
  • Charaxes pythodoris
  • ? Charaxes overlaeti

    • For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.

    Subspecies

  • C. i. imperialis (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin)
  • C. i. albipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1920 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • C. i. dargei Collins, 1989 (southern Congo)
  • C. i. graziellae Turlin, 1989 (Tanzania: north-west to the Mumwendo Forest)
  • C. i. lisomboensis van Someren, 1975 (north-eastern Zambia, Tanzania: Kigoma)
  • C. i. nathaliae Canu, 1989 (Bioko)
  • C. i. pauliani Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba)
  • C. i. ugandicus van Someren, 1972 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: north Kivu)
  • C. i. werneri Turlin, 1989 (Rwanda: Nyungwe Forest)

    • References

    Charaxes imperialis Wikipedia
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