Charaxes balfourii
Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.[3] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.
| Charaxes balfouri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. balfouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes balfouri | |
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. page 361-362 (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
Etymology
The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes balfourii.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes balfourii.
- Butler, A.G. 1881. On the lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I.B. Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 175-180.
- Charaxes balfouri, Site of Markku Savela
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes balfouri images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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