Charaxes cacuthis
Charaxes cacuthis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of lowland and coastal forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. cacuthis |
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Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 457-458 as subspecies of Charaxes etesipe (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 )
Life history
The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.
Realm
Classification
Charaxes cacuthis is a member of the species group Charaxes etesipe.
The clade members are:
- Charaxes etesipe nominate
- Charaxes penricei
- Charaxes achaemenes
- Charaxes paradoxa
- Charaxes cacuthis
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes cacuthis. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes cacuthis |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes cacuthis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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