Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Charaxes smaragdalis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes Rank Subspecies | |
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Similar Charaxes tiridates, Charaxes numenes, Charaxes bipunctatus, Charaxes ameliae, Charaxes castor | ||
Charaxes smaragdalis, the western blue charaxes, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Senegal to Somalia, from Angola to Kenya and from Sudan to Egypt. Its habitat is dry forest areas.
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The butterfly's wingspan is 85 to 100 mm. Adults are black with white and blue bands and spots. The hindwings each have two little tails.
Description
See External links for the original description by Arthur Gardiner Butler published in 1866 in The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.
Subspecies
References
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