Charaxes alpinus, the montane charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. alpinus
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Description
editLarger than the closely related Charaxes ethalion with shorter and more robust tails; underside darker and more reddish brown [5] The habitat consists of montane forests in the Eastern Highlands.
Biology
editAdults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Albizia adianthifolia.
Taxonomy
editCharaxes alpinus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes alpinus.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes alpinus.
- ^ Larsen, T.B.; Gardiner, A. (2011). "Charaxes alpinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160559A5372205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160559A5372205.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Van Someren, V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ Pringle et al , 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.[1]
External links
edit- Charaxes alpinus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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