Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Similar Charaxes paphianus, Charaxes anticlea, Charaxes boueti, Charaxes numenes, Charaxes ameliae | ||
Charaxes pleione, the square-winged red charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests and woodland savanna.
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The larvae feed on Acacia pennata and Acacia brevispica.
Subspecies
Taxonomy
Charaxes pleione is a member of the species group Charaxes paphianus. The supposed clade members are:
Ecozone
Afrotropical ecozone
References
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