Charaxes obudoensis, the Obudu pearl charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon.[3]
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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. obudoensis
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The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests at altitudes above 1,400 meters.
Taxonomy edit
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes acuminatus.
References edit
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- ^ Van Someren, V.G.L. 1969. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 23: 75-166.
- ^ "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 2012-05-22.
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