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Charaxes zambeziensis

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Species of butterfly

Charaxes zambeziensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. zambeziensis
Binomial name
Charaxes zambeziensis
Henning & Henning, 1994

Charaxes zambeziensis, the Zambezi charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.

Adults are attracted to fermenting elephant dung. They have been recorded on wing in February and December.

References

  1. G.A. and S.F. Henning, 1994. In: Pringle, Henning & Ball . Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa 2nd edition: 100 (800pp.). Struik-Winchester, South Africa.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Charaxes zambeziensis


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