Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Similar Charaxes etheocles, Charaxes nichetes, Charaxes pleione, Charaxes anticlea, Charaxes zelica | ||
Charaxes paphianus, the falcate red charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Kenya. The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.
Contents
The larvae feed on Acacia species, including A. brevispica.
Short description
Forewing with concave edge and sharp point and reddish-brown-yellow ground colour. The termen black edged with a width of 2–4 mm black; two black costal marks and some black discal flecks. The cross line of the underside forewing bent. Underside paler with a cross line separating a paler inner area from a less pale outer area; almost everywhere with grey satin.
Subspecies
Taxonomy
Charaxes pleione is a member of the species group Charaxes paphianus. The supposed clade members are:
Ecozone
Afrotropical ecozone