Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes | |
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Similar Charaxes doubledayi, Charaxes viola, Charaxes pythodoris, Charaxes zelica, Charaxes lactetinctus | ||
Charaxes virilis, the blue demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and forest/savanna mosaic.
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The larvae feed on Adenanthera pavonina, Griffonia simplicifolia, Cathormium, Dalbergia, Entada and Tetrapleura species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes virilis is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
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References
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