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Charaxes tectonis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Charaxes

Charaxes tectonis, the mountain silver-barred charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests.

Subspecies

  • Charaxes tectonis tectonis (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon: west to the Bamenda Forest and Mount Oku)
  • Charaxes tectonis nebularum Darge, 1977 (Cameroon: Manengouba massif)

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