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Charaxes subornatus

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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.

Subspecies

  • Charaxes subornatus subornatus (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern and western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Charaxes subornatus couilloudi Plantrou, 1976 (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
  • Charaxes subornatus minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Kenya) may be a full species.

    • Similar species

    Charaxes subornatus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:

  • Charaxes subornatus
  • Charaxes eupale
  • Charaxes dilutus
  • Charaxes montis
  • Charaxes minor
  • Charaxes schiltzei
  • Charaxes schultzei
  • Charaxes virescens

    • Ecozone

    Afrotropical

    References

    Charaxes subornatus Wikipedia
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