Charaxes pembanus
Charaxes pembanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Pemba Island, just off the east coast of Africa.[3]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. pembanus |
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Description
Similar to Charaxes usambarae but with shorter tails, less dentate wing margins and the females with larger pale forewing spots.[4]
Biology
The habitat consists of forest margins and woodland.
The larvae probably feed on Albizia species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes pembanus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
References
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- Jordan , K. 1925. On some subspecies of African Charaxes. Novitates Zoologicae 32: 288-289.
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45–101. page 70 Plate 9, figures 67–68, 71–72.
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