Charaxes antamboulou

Charaxes antamboulou
	C. a. meridionalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. antamboulou
Binomial name
	Charaxes antamboulou; H. Lucas, 1872
Synonyms
	Charaxes antamboulou f. meridionalis Le Cerf, 1923;

Charaxes antamboulou, the Madagascar green-veined charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1872. It is found in Madagascar. The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests and woodland.

The larvae feed on Croton species.

Description edit

Charaxes antamboulou is very similar to Charaxes candiope but has smaller upperside submarginal and marginal stains and a more marked contrast between the black apical patches and the yellow basal colour of the upperside wings.

A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 368-369 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2])

Taxonomy edit

Charaxes antamboulou is a member of the species group Charaxes candiope. The clade members are

Charaxes candiope nominate
Charaxes antamboulou
Charaxes cowani
Charaxes velox
Charaxes thomasius

Realm edit

Afrotropical realm

References edit

^ Lucas , H. 1872. Description de quelques lepidopteres appartenant aux genres Charaxes et Cyligramma et provenant du voyage de Alf. Grandidier a Madagascar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (5) 15 (No. 22): 1-4.

External links edit

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [3]
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 32
Species info
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[1] Lucas , H. 1872. Description de quelques lepidopteres appartenant aux genres Charaxes et Cyligramma et provenant du voyage de Alf. Grandidier a Madagascar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (5) 15 (No. 22): 1-4.

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