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Species of butterfly

Charaxes fionae
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. fionae
Binomial name
Charaxes fionae
Henning, 1977

Charaxes fionae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central, southern and eastern Zambia, Malawi and western Tanzania.

Description

The male differs from that of Charaxes phaeus in the darker underside, smaller greenish spots on the upperside, and narrower pale wing margins.

Biology

The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla, Dalbergia boehmii and Entada abyssinica.

References

  1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Charaxes fionae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160900A5382688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160900A5382688.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Henning, S.F. (1977) Description and biology of a new species of Charaxes Ochsenheimer from central Africa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30 (20):231-238.
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  5. Kielland , J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

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Taxon identifiers
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