Charaxes imperialis

Charaxes imperialis
	From the CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. imperialis
Binomial name
	Charaxes imperialis; Butler, 1874[1]
Synonyms
	Charaxes imperialis ugandicus f. caerulipunctatus van Someren, 1972;

Charaxes imperialis, the imperial blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests.

The larvae probably feed on Sapindaceae species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[3]

Subspecies

C. i. imperialis (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin)
C. i. albipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1920 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
C. i. dargei Collins, 1989 (southern Congo)
C. i. graziellae Turlin, 1989 (Tanzania: north-west to the Mumwendo Forest)
C. i. lisomboensis van Someren, 1975 (north-eastern Zambia, Tanzania: Kigoma)
C. i. nathaliae Canu, 1989 (Bioko)
C. i. pauliani Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba)
C. i. ugandicus van Someren, 1972 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: north Kivu)
C. i. werneri Turlin, 1989 (Rwanda: Nyungwe Forest)

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References

"Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
"African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.

External links

Charaxes imperialis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
99688 C. i. imperialis images at BOLD
C. i. albipunctatus images at BOLD
C. i. dargei images at BOLD
C. i. paulinus images at BOLD
C. i. werneri images at BOLD
Images of C. i. albipuncta Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. i. imperialis (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. i. pauliani (Albertine Rift Project)

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[funet-1] "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

[3] "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.