Charaxes mixtus

Updated on Dec 17, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes

Similar Charaxes pythodoris, Charaxes imperialis, Charaxes bipunctatus, Charaxes bohemani, Charaxes numenes

charaxes mixtus in flight

Charaxes mixtus is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.

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.

Charaxes mixtus mixtus (Cameroon, south-western Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988 (north-western Tanzania)

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