Charaxes fulgurata

Charaxes fulgurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. fulgurata
Binomial name
Charaxes fulgurata
Aurivillius, 1899[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes fulgurata var. ephyra Godart; Dewitz, 1887
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. lunigera Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes fulgurata f. mima Riley, 1921

Charaxes fulgurata, the Lightning Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lualaba, Lomami), north-western Zimbabwe and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and savanna woodland.

Adults have been observed feeding on elephant dung.

The larvae feed on Erythrophleum africanum and Amblygonocarpus andongensis.

Taxonomy

Charaxes fulgurata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References

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