Charaxes usambarae

Charaxes usambarae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of lowland, sub-montane and montane forests.

Charaxes usambarae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. usambarae
Binomial name
Charaxes usambarae
Synonyms
  • Charaxes pembanus usambarae van Someren & Jackson, 1952
  • Charaxes usambarae f. mariae Mollet, 1974
  • Charaxes usambarae f. collinsi van Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. pseudorosae Collins, 1987
  • Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. bella Collins, 1987

The larvae feed on Albizia - A. zimmermannii and A. gummifera.

Subspecies
  • Charaxes usambarae usambarae (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes usambarae maridadi Collins, 1987 [4](north-eastern Tanzania)

Taxonomy

Charaxes usambarae is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles. It was first described as a subspecies of Charaxes pembanus.

Differs from Charaxes mccleeryi in the more dentate wing margins [5]

References
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  1. Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  4. Collins, S.C. 1987 Three new African Nymphalidae. Lambillionea 87 (7-8): 92-96.
  5. 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 73 Plate 9 Figures 65 and 66, 69 and 70


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