Charaxes hadrianus

Charaxes hadrianus
Charaxes hardianus male from CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. hadrianus
Binomial name
Charaxes hadrianus
Ward, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes dux Staudinger, 1886
  • Charaxes gabonica Crowley, 1890
  • Charaxes hadrianus orientalis Mollet, 1975
  • Charaxes hadrianus molleti Koçak, 1996

Charaxes hadrianus, Hadrian’s White Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, south-western Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and western Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.

The larvae feed on Ouratea reticulata and Ochna species.

Charaxes hadrianus figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Taxonomy

Charaxes hadrianus is the sole member of the Charaxes hadrianus group.

References

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