Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Similar Charaxes paphianus, Charaxes virilis, Charaxes numenes, Charaxes doubledayi, Charaxes pythodoris | ||
Charaxes subornatus, the ornate green charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of evergreen forests.
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The larvae feed on Albizia - A. brownei, A. gummifera and A. zygia.
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Charaxes subornatus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:
Ecozone
Afrotropical
References
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