Charaxes odysseus

Charaxes odysseus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[1][2] The species was described by Otto Staudinger in 1892.

Charaxes odysseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. odysseus
Binomial name
Charaxes odysseus

Description

The wingspan of the male is 75 mm and the female is 95 mm. The butterfly has a black wing with brown edges, white-brown dots at the end, white line in the middle and other white-brown dots on top.

Taxonomy

It is considered part of the Charaxes lucretius group.[3]

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References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Mark C. Williams (2008). "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.

Further reading
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181-226.


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