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Charaxes alpinus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. alpinus
Binomial name
Charaxes alpinus
van Someren & Jackson, 1957
Synonyms
  • Charaxes ethalion alpinus van Someren & Jackson 1957

Charaxes alpinus, the montane charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.

Description

Larger than the closely related Charaxes ethalion with shorter and more robust tails; underside darker and more reddish brown The habitat consists of montane forests in the Eastern Highlands.

Biology

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Albizia adianthifolia.

Taxonomy

Charaxes alpinus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

  1. Larsen, T.B.; Gardiner, A. (2011). "Charaxes alpinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160559A5372205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160559A5372205.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Van Someren, V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
  3. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  5. Pringle et al , 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition
  • 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.

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