Charaxes antamboulou | |
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C. a. meridionalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. antamboulou
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes antamboulou | |
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Charaxes antamboulou, the Madagascar green-veined charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1872. It is found in Madagascar. The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests and woodland.
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The larvae feed on Croton species.
Description
[edit]Charaxes antamboulou is very similar to Charaxes candiope but has smaller upperside submarginal and marginal stains and a more marked contrast between the black apical patches and the yellow basal colour of the upperside wings.
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 368-369 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2])
Taxonomy
[edit]Charaxes antamboulou is a member of the species group Charaxes candiope. The clade members are
- Charaxes candiope nominate
- Charaxes antamboulou
- Charaxes cowani
- Charaxes velox
- Charaxes thomasius
Realm
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lucas , H. 1872. Description de quelques lepidopteres appartenant aux genres Charaxes et Cyligramma et provenant du voyage de Alf. Grandidier a Madagascar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (5) 15 (No. 22): 1-4.
External links
[edit]- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [3]
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 32
- Species info
- Charaxes antamboulou images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search