Charaxes velox
Charaxes velox is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra, an island in the Arabian Sea.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. velox |
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Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 368 for terms see volume 5:545-601
Taxonomy
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes candiope.
Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:
- Charaxes candiope
- Charaxes antamboulou - like next
- Charaxes cowani - like last
- Charaxes velox
- Charaxes thomasius
References
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- Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1899. Descriptions of three new species of butterflies. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 10-11.
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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