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Charaxes margaretae

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Species of butterfly

Charaxes margaretae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. margaretae
Binomial name
Charaxes margaretae
Rydon, 1980

Charaxes margaretae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Malawi, south-western Tanzania and possibly eastern Zambia.

The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Agelaea heterophylla and Dalbergia lactea.

Taxonomy

Virtually indistinguishable from Charaxes congdoni in the adult facies but the genitalia differ.

References

  1. Rydon, A.H.B. 1980. In D’Abrera, 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical region 396 (593 pp.). Melbourne.
  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 2012-05-24.

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Taxon identifiers
Charaxes margaretae


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