Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[2][3] The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.

Charaxes defulvata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. defulvata
Binomial name
Charaxes defulvata

Taxonomy

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The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes following Van Someren in 1974.[4] In 1983, it was given full species status again by Plantrou.[5] It is considered a member of the Charaxes varanes group.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Joicey, J.J., & Talbot, G. 1926 New forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Sao Thome, West Africa. Entomologist 59: 220–226.
  2. ^ a b "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Williams, Mark C. (2008). "Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): File H – Charaxinae (Nymphalidae)". Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  4. ^ Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8): 415–487.
  5. ^ Plantrou , J. 1983. Systematique biogeographique et evolution des Charaxes Africains (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Publications du Laboratoire de Zoologie, Ecole Normale Superieure (25): 1–456
  6. ^ Vingerhoedt, Eric (2013). "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
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