Charaxes plantroui

Charaxes plantroui, the pink-washed demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, northern and central Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.[3] The habitat consists of drier forests and dense Guinea savanna. It is locally common in its habitat.[4]

Charaxes plantroui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. plantroui
Binomial name
Charaxes plantroui
Minig, 1975[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes plantroui f. simonae Minig, 1975

The larvae feed on Albizia zygia, Albizia adianthifolia, Afzelia africana, Griffonia simplicifolia, Andira inermis and Dalbergia saxatilis.

References

  1. Minig, A. 1975 Etude de Charaxes viola viola A.G. Butler et description d’une nouvelle espece. (Lep. Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 80 (3-4): 104-111.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  4. Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark


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