Charaxes balfourii
Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.[2] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. balfouri |
Binomial name | |
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Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes balfourii. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes balfourii |
- Charaxes balfouri, Site of Markku Savela
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes balfouri images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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