Charaxes pythodoris

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

Similar Charaxes numenes, Charaxes mixtus, Charaxes ameliae, Charaxes doubledayi, Charaxes bohemani

Charaxes pythodoris, the powder-blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of drier forests, riparian forests, heavy savanna and light arid savanna.

The larvae feed on Craibia brownii, Craibia laurentii, Craibia brevicaudata and Craibia affinis.

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

C. p. pythodoris (Angola, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

C. p. davidi Plantrou, 1973 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

C. p. knoopae Plantrou, 1982 (western Nigeria)

C. p. nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889 (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)

C. p. occidens van Someren, 1963 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)

C. p. pallida van Someren, 1963 (central Tanzania)

C. p. sumbuensis Henning, 1982 (Zambia: southern Lake Tanganyika)

C. p. ventersi Henning, 1982 (Malawi: gorges and valleys down the sides of the Zomba Plateau)

References

Charaxes pythodoris Wikipedia

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