Charaxes analava

Charaxes analava
	Figure 1
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. analava
Binomial name
	Charaxes analava; Ward, 1872 .[1][2]

Charaxes analava is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3] The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests.

Charaxes analava figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Description

Ch. analava Ward . The marginal band of the hindwing is unicolorous black without spots and only reaches vein 4. The hindwing beneath behind the middle with a row of large eye-spots, of which the one in cellule 7 is especially large and distinct. Hindwing with 3 long tails, that at vein 3 somewhat shorter. Ground-colour of both wings light yellow. Madagascar. [4] A full description is also given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 362-364 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

Charaxes varanes
Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
Charaxes balfouri
Charaxes analava
Charaxes nicati
Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
Charaxes saperanus
Charaxes defulvata

References

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1974). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29(8):415-487.
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31

Ward, C. 1872 Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9:2-3.
Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Charaxes analava images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
African Butterfly Database Range map via search

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[1] Ward, C. 1872 Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9:2-3.

[funet-2] Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela

[ATBUT-3] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

[4] Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.