Charaxes blanda
Charaxes blanda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. blanda |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes blanda Rothschild, 1897[1] | |
The larvae feed on Dalbergia species and Brachystegia spiciformis.
Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 471-472 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
Subspecies
- Charaxes blanda blanda (south-eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes blanda kenyae Poulton, 1926 (Kenya: coast north of Mombasa)
Taxonomy
Charaxes blanda is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Realm
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes blanda. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes blanda |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes blandae images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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