Charaxes berkeleyi

Charaxes berkeleyi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane and riverine forests.

Charaxes berkeleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. berkeleyi
Binomial name
Charaxes berkeleyi
Synonyms
  • Charaxes berkeleyi f. ngonga van Someren, 1969

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Scutia myrtina, Ochna holstii and Ochna insculpta.

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies
  • Charaxes berkeleyi berkeleyi (central and southern Kenya, northern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes berkeleyi marci Congdon & Collins, 1998 (northern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes berkeleyi masaba van Someren, 1969 (Kenya: west to the area ranging from Kaptagat to the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon)
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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.
  • Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. Additional notes


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