Charaxes variata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central, southern and north-western and western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum forests.
Charaxes variata | |
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Charaxes variata - Chiwoma, North-Western Province, Zambia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. variata
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes variata van Someren, 1969[1]
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The larvae feed on Cryptosepalum exfoliatum pseudotaxus, Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegia taxifolia and Dicrostachys cinerea.
Description
editA full description is provided by Van Someren, V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.[3]
Taxonomy
editCharaxes variata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
Described as a subspecies of Charaxes viola[3] but ranked as a full species by Williams (2006).[4]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes variata.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes variata.
- ^ "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.
- ^ van Someren,V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.[1]
- ^ Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)[2] Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Images at Bold Charaxes variata
- Bold images Charaxes variata f. caerulescens
- Bold images Charaxes variata f. tricolor