Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Similar Charaxes doubledayi, Charaxes cedreatis, Charaxes eudoxus, Charaxes zelica, Charaxes boueti | ||
Charaxes lycurgus, the Laodice untailed charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and riverine forests.
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Adult males feed on otter and bird droppings and both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit.
The larvae feed on Pterocarpus santalinoides, Paullinia pinnata, Albizia zygia, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Dalbergia, Millettia, Dichapetalum and Trachyphrynium species.
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Taxonomy
Charaxes lycurgus is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are:
Clade 1
Clade 2