Charaxes kahldeni

Charaxes kahldeni
Charaxes khaldeni from Boukoko, CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. kahldeni
Binomial name
Charaxes kahldeni
Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes homeyeri Homeyer and Dewitz, 1882
  • Charaxes w-brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Charaxes homeyeri f. bellus Strand, 1914
  • Charaxes kahldeni apicalis Röber, 1925

Charaxes kahldeni is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Uganda and southern Sudan.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Description

Very similar to Charaxes zoolina Hindwing underside in cell 1 c with a black longitudinal stripe, which extends almost to the anal angle and joins with the similar median strip.

Taxonomy

Charaxes kahldeni is a member of the species group Charaxes zoolina. The clade members are

The group differs from all the others in Charaxes in the male having a tail on vein 2, but the female having two long tails on veins 2, 4. There are two different forms, one with black markings on a greenish white base colour (wet season form) and one with reddish-brown markings on red-yellow whitish colour (dry season form). These forms can be from eggs of the same female.

References

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  1. ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini


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