Charaxes gallagheri
Charaxes gallagheri, the Gallagher's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and eastern Zimbabwe and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of granite-boulder hills in savanna.
| Charaxes gallagheri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. gallagheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1962[1] | |
There are two generations per year with adults on wing from November to December and again from late February to April.
The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis.
Taxonomy
Charaxes gallagheri is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
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- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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