Charaxes ethalion
Charaxes ethalion, the satyr emperor or satyr charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.[1]
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Two female specimens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. ethalion |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes ethalion (Boisduval, 1847) | |
Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–63 mm in females.[2]
Larvae feed on Albizia spp., Peltophorum africanum, Dichrostachys cinerea, Acacia ataxacantha, and Scutia myrtina.[1][2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- C. e. binghami Henning, 1982 (Zambia, northern Zimbabwe)
- C. e. ethalion Boisduval, 1847 (Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
- C. e. fisheri Henning, 1982 (Zambia: north to the southern part of Lake Tanganyika)
- C. e. handmani Henning, 1982 (Malawi: south to the Mlanje district)
- C. e. kikuyuensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
- C. e. kitungulensis Strand, 1911 (Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Shaba, Maniema)
- C. e. littoralis van Someren, 1967 (eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
- C. e. marsabitensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: north to Mount Marsabit)
- C. e. nyanzae van Someren, 1967 (Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Lake Mweru)
Taxonomy
Charaxes ethalion is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Realm
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References
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
External links
- Charaxes ethalion images subspecies and forma
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life.
- Images of C. ethalion ethalion Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. ethalion kikuyuensis (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. ethalion kitungulensis (Albertine Rift Project)
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