Charaxes alticola
Appearance
Charaxes alticola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. alticola
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes alticola | |
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Charaxes alticola is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.[3] The habitat is Afromontane forest.
The larvae feed on Arundinaria alpinus.
Taxonomy
[edit]The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes boueti. It is a member of the Charaxes cynthia species group.
Images
[edit]External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes alticola.
- ^ Grunberg, K. 1911. Zur kenntnis der Lepidopteren fauna von Deutsch Südwest Afrika. Entomologische Zeitung 72: 377-382.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- van Someren, V.G.L. (1970). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)197-250.[1] page 230, plate 6
External links
[edit]- Images of C. alticola Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes alticola images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search