Charaxes aubyni

Charaxes aubyni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane and semi-montane forests.

Charaxes aubyni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. aubyni
Binomial name
Charaxes aubyni
van Someren & Jackson, 1952[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes etheocles f. aubyni Poulton, 1926
  • Charaxes aubyni ecketti f. ochreotincta van Someren and Jackson, 1957

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Albizia adianthifolia and Albizia schimperana.

Taxonomy

Charaxes aubyni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Subspecies
  • Charaxes aubyni aubyni (south-eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957 (Malawi, southern and south-central Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957 (central and south-western Kenya)
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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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