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.

Charaxes saperanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. saperanus
Binomial name
Charaxes saperanus
Synonyms
  • Charaxes varanes var. comoranus Aurivillius, 1909

The larvae feed on Allophylus species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are:

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