Charaxes brutus
| White-barred Emperor | |
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| Charaxes brutus natalensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. brutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes brutus (Cramer, [1779])[1] |
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The White-barred Emperor or White-barred Charaxes (Charaxes brutus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa (see subspecies section for detailed information).
The wingspan is 60–75 mm in males and 75–90 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[2]
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 429 et seq. (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
Life history
The larvae feed on Grewia species, Entandrophagma delevoi, Trichilia dregeana, Blighia unifugata, Melai azedarach, Trichilia emetica, and Ekebergia capensis.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Charaxes jasius group
The members are
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus dark, white bands
- Charaxes andara Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes Madagascar close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
- Charaxes brutus brutus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
- Charaxes brutus alcyone Stoneham, 1943 (Kenya: east of Rift Valley), northern and eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900 (Eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Northern Angola, Zaire, West Uganda)
- Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885 (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania)
- Charaxes brutus roberti Turlin, 1987 (Pemba Island)
References
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 1-86872-724-6.
- ^ Charaxes, funet.fi
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1970 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)197-250.[3]
External links
- Species info Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
- Charaxes brutus images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. brutus angustus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. brutus natalensis (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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