Charaxes subrubidus

Charaxes subrubidus, the green demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Cataractes, Kinshasa, Kasai, Lualaba, Lomami and Shaba).[2] The habitat consists of woodland savanna.

Charaxes subrubidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. subrubidus
Binomial name
Charaxes subrubidus van Someren, 1972[1]
Synonyms
Charaxes manica subrubidus van Someren, 1972 Charaxes cedreatis vetula f. pseudosmaragdalis van Someren and Jackson, 1957 Charaxes manica subrubidus f. atribasis van Someren, 1972 Charaxes manica subrubidus f. aubergeri van Someren, 1972 Charaxes manica subrubidus f. sorianoi Auberger and Minig, 1975

References

1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

• van Someren. V.G.L., 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264. described as subspecies of Charaxes manica

External links

• Images of C. subrubidus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes subrubidus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes subrubidus f. atribasis images at BOLD