Charaxes contrarius
Charaxes contrarius is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, heavy coastal woodland and riverine vegetation at altitudes of near sea-level up to 700 meters.
Charaxes contrarius | |
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Charaxes contrarius female form conjugens - Kibwezi, Makueni County, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. contrarius |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Albizia species.
Subspecies
- C. c. contrarius - Coastal and Eastern parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
- C. c. lukosi Rydon, Congdon & Collins, 2007 - Inland at Kitonga Gorge, Lukosi R., in Udzungwa Mts., Tanzania
Taxonomy
Charaxes contrarius is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes contrarius. |
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes contrarius |
- "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 taxonomy, images
- Charaxes contrarius images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. contrarius Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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