Charaxes defulvata
Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[2][3] The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.
| Charaxes defulvata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. defulvata |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes defulvata | |
Taxonomy
The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes following Van Someren, 1974.[4] In 1983 it was given full species status again by Plantrou [5] It is considered a member of the Charaxes varanes group.[6]
References
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- Joicey , J.J., & Talbot, G. 1926 New forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Sao Thome, West Africa. Entomologist 59: 220-226.
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Mark C. Williams (2008). "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8): 415-487.
- Plantrou , J. 1983. Systematique biogeographique et evolution des Charaxes Africains (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Publications du Laboratoire de Zoologie, Ecole Normale Superieure (25): 1-456
- "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
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