Charaxes brainei
Charaxes brainei, the Braine's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana.[3]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. brainei |
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Description
The female forewing upperside differs from that of Charaxes vansoni in a suffusion of blue into the postdiscal spots. The discal band of the hindwing is similarly suffused blue, and there is slight violaceous shade on the hindwing underside [4]
Biology
The habitat consists of dry savanna. Flies from October to June; commonest in March and April Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.
The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum.
Taxonomy
Charaxes brainei is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
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- Van son, G. 1966. A new subspecies of Charaxes viola Butler from South-West Africa. Novos Taxa Entomologicos (49): 7 pp
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Pringle et al , 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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