Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Charaxes manica, the Manica charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Zambia. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Both sexes feed from sap oozing from trees and from fermenting fruit. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Albizia antunesiana, Dalbergiella nyasae, Albizia antunesiana, Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegia boehmii and Dalbergia lactea.
Taxonomy
Charaxes manica is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
References
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