Charaxes alpinus

Charaxes alpinus, the montane charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests in the Eastern Highlands.

"Montane charaxes" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Charaxes nyikensis.

Charaxes alpinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. alpinus
Binomial name
Charaxes alpinus
van Someren & Jackson, 1957[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes ethalion alpinus van Someren & Jackson 1957

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.

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References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  • 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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