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butterflyNymphalidaeIvory CoastGhanaNigeriaCameroonGabonRepublic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoCentral African RepublicUgandaSudanKenyaTanzaniaWalter RothschildKarl Jordan[1][2]clade
Charaxes bipunctatus | |
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Male C. b. ugandensis from the CAR | |
Female C. b. ugandensis from Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. bipunctatus |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes bipunctatus Rothschild, 1894[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Charaxes bipunctatus, the two-spot blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and sub-montane forests at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,500 meters.
The larvae feed on Blighia unijugata.
Contents
1 Description
2 Taxonomy
3 Subspecies
4 References
5 External links
Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 390 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2])
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group
The supposed clade members are:
- Charaxes tiridates
Charaxes numenes similar to next
Charaxes bipunctatus similar to last- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes bubastis
- Charaxes albimaculatus
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes schoutedeni
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes pythodoris
- ? Charaxes overlaeti
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013[3]
Subspecies
C. b. bipunctatus (Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
C. b. ugandensis van Someren, 1972 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, western Uganda, western Kenya, southern Sudan, north-western Tanzania)
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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Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.[3]
External links
Images of C. b. bipunctatus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. b. ugandensis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
C. b. ugandensis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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