Charaxes amycus
Charaxes amycus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1861. It is endemic to the Philippines in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. amycus |
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Description
Charaxes amycus is a large butterfly (wingspan 60– 68 mm.) The upperside ground colour is coppery rufous. There is a broad brown marginal band on the forewings and two tails on each hindwing.
Subspecies
- C. a. amycus (Philippines: Luzon)
- C. a. georgius Staudinger, 1892 (Philippines: Mindoro)
- C. a. carolus Rothschild, 1900 (Philippines: Mindanao, Camiguin de Mindanao)
- C. a. myron Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Philippines: Polillo, Guimaras)
- C. a. negrosensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Negros)
- C. a. bayani Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Marinduque)
- C. a. theobaldo Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Panay)
- C. a. marion Schröder & Treadaway, 1981 (Philippines: Sibuyan, Romblon Group)
References
- C. & R. Felder, 1861 Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 5 (10): 297-306
- Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
- Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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