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Charaxes lecerfi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. lecerfi
Binomial name
Charaxes lecerfi Lathy, 1925
Synonyms
Charaxes janmoullei Berger, 1975 Charaxes hadrianus lecerfi Lathy, 1926

Charaxes lecerfi, the Le Cerf's white charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly southern Nigeria. The habitat consists of evergreen forests. It is a local and rare species.

The name honours Ferdinand Le Cerf.

Taxonomy

Ranked as a subspecies of Charaxes hadrianus by Vingerhoedt.

References

1. Lathy, P.I. 1925. Notes sur les Charaxes de la collection de Madam G. Fournier Encyclopedie Entomologique (B.3 Lepidoptera) 1: 93-97.
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 2012-05-23.
4. Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1-595.
5. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16.

External links

• Images of C. lecerfi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)

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