Charaxes loandae

Charaxes loandae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola.[3] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland (Miombo).

Charaxes loandae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. loandae
Binomial name
Charaxes loandae
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola loandae van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola loandae f. primitiva van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola loandae f. basiviridis van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola loandae f. violitincta van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola loandae f. vansonoides van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola loandae f. protokirki van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola loandae f. instabilis van Someren, 1969

Taxonomy

Charaxes loandae is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles. Considered to be a junior synonym of Charaxes diversiforma by Turlin (2011)[4]

References
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  1. Van Someren, V.G.L. 1969. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 23: 75-166.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  4. Turlin, B. (2011). The Afrotropical species of Charaxes. Part V. In Butterflies of the World, Nymphalidae XIX. Charaxes V. Erich Bauer and Thomas Franjenbach, ed., Part 34: 13 pp., 30 pl.
  • van Someren, V.G.L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.


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