Charaxes pleione

Charaxes pleione, the common orange charaxes, or square-winged red charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland savanna.

Common orange charaxes
C. p. congoensis specimen from CAR
C. p. pleione in Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. pleione
Binomial name
Charaxes pleione
(Godart, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis pleione Godart, 1824
  • Philognoma lichas Doubleday, 1849
  • Charaxes lichas ab. othello Suffert, 1904
  • Charaxes lichas bebra Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes pleione ab. pallida Lathy, 1925

The larvae feed on Acacia pennata and Acacia brevispica.

Subspecies

  • C. p. pleione — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria
  • C. p. bebra Rothschild, 1900 — north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, south-western Kenya, north-western Tanzania
  • C. p. congoensis Plantrou, 1989 — south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • C. p. delvauxi Turlin, 1987 — south-western Rwanda
  • C. p. oriens Plantrou, 1989 — coast of Kenya, eastern Tanzania

Taxonomy

Charaxes pleione is a member of the species group Charaxes paphianus. The supposed clade members are:

Realm

Afrotropical realm

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