Charaxes chintechi
| Charaxes chintechi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. chintechi |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975[1] | |
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Charaxes chintechi is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-western Tanzania, eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis and Dalbergia lactea.
Taxonomy
Charaxes chintechi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Charaxes chintechi |
- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- van Someren. V.G.L., 1975 Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3):65-136.
External links
- Charaxes chintechi images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. chintechi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
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