Charaxes bocqueti
Charaxes bocqueti, the Bocquet's demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, the Central African Republic and possibly Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.
| Charaxes bocqueti | |
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| Male C. b. oubanguiensis from the CAR | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. bocqueti |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes bocqueti Minig, 1975[1] | |
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Subspecies
- C. b. bocqueti (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- C. b. oubanguiensis Mining, 1975 (Gabon, Central African Republic, possibly Nigeria)
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes bocqueti |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt as new synonym for Charaxes plantroui
- Images of C. b. bocqueti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes bocqueti images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- C. b. bocqueti images at BOLD
- C. b. ubangiensis images at BOLD
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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