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Charaxes mixtus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Charaxes

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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.

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Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.

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

  • Charaxes mixtus mixtus (Cameroon, south-western Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988 (north-western Tanzania)
  • References

    Charaxes mixtus Wikipedia


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