Charaxes chintechi

Charaxes chintechi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. chintechi
Binomial name
Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975
Synonyms
Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. cytila Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes manica f. chintechi van Someren and Jackson, 1952 Charaxes manica f. protomanica van Someren, 1966 Charaxes protomanica van Someren, 1975 Charaxes pseudomanica Minig, 1976 Charaxes chintechi Minig, 1976 Charaxes chintechi f. oriens Rydon, 1990 in Kielland, 1990 Charaxes chintechi f. ochrepicta Rydon, 1990 in Kielland, 1990

Charaxes chintechi is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-western Tanzania, eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and Mozambique. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis and Dalbergia lactea.

Taxonomy

Charaxes chintechi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References

• van Someren. V.G.L., 1975 Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3):65-136.[1]

External links

• Charaxes chintechi images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
• Images of C. chintechi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search
• African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt