Charaxes martini

Charaxes martini is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of riparian forests.

Charaxes martini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. martini
Binomial name
Charaxes martini
van Someren, 1966[1]

The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis natalensis.

Taxonomy

Charaxes martini is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

Subspecies
  • Charaxes martini martini (Malawi: Mount Mlanje)
  • Charaxes martini helenae Henning, 1982 (Malawi: west and north of the Zomba Plateau)
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References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.
  • Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. Additional notes


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