Charaxes bocqueti, the Bocquet's demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, the Central African Republic and possibly Nigeria.[4] The habitat consists of tropical evergreen forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. bocqueti
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Subspecies
edit- C. b. bocqueti (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- C. b. oubanguiensis Mining, 1975 (Gabon, Central African Republic, possibly Nigeria)
References
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- ^ Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Charaxes bocqueti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160109A5351750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160109A5351750.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Minig, A. 1975. Contribution a l'etude des Charaxes du groupe etheocles (Lepid. - Nymphalidae. Lambillionea 75 bis: 25-35.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
External links
edit- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt as new synonym for Charaxes plantroui
- Images of C. b. bocqueti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes bocqueti images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- C. b. bocqueti images at BOLD
- C. b. ubangiensis images at BOLD
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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