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Species of butterfly

Charaxes alticola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. alticola
Binomial name
Charaxes alticola
Grünberg, 1911
Synonyms
  • Charaxes boueti var. alticola Grünberg, 1911

Charaxes alticola is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. The habitat is Afromontane forest.

The larvae feed on Arundinaria alpinus.

Taxonomy

The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes boueti. It is a member of the Charaxes cynthia species group.

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

  1. Grunberg, K. 1911. Zur kenntnis der Lepidopteren fauna von Deutsch Südwest Afrika. Entomologische Zeitung 72: 377-382.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  • van Someren, V.G.L. (1970). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)197-250. page 230, plate 6

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Taxon identifiers
Charaxes alticola


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