Charaxes mafuga
Charaxes mafuga is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.
| Charaxes mafuga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. mafuga |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
Taxonomy
Charaxes mafuga is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes mafuga. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes mafuga |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes mafuga images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. mafuga Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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