Charaxes saperanus
Charaxes saperanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa.[2] The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. saperanus |
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| Charaxes saperanus | |
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The larvae feed on Allophylus species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are:
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens - very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus - very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami - perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
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References
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- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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