Charaxes paphianus, the falcate red charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Kenya.[3] The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. paphianus
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The larvae feed on Acacia species, including A. brevispica.
Short description edit
Forewing with concave edge and sharp point and reddish-brown-yellow ground colour. The termen black edged with a width of 2–4 mm black; two black costal marks and some black discal flecks. The cross line of the underside forewing bent. Underside paler with a cross line separating a paler inner area from a less pale outer area; almost everywhere with grey satin.
Subspecies edit
- Charaxes paphianus paphianus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)[4] (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Charaxes paphianus subpallida Joicey & Talbot, 1925 [5] (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya)
Taxonomy edit
Charaxes pleione is a member of the species group Charaxes paphianus. The supposed clade members are:
- Charaxes paphianus, nominate
- Charaxes pleione
Realm edit
References edit
- ^ Ward, C. , 1871. Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 8: 120 (34-36, 58-60, 81-82, 118-122)
- ^ "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 2012-05-25.
- ^ Butler, A.G. 1869-1874. Lepidoptera Exotica, or descriptions and illustrations of exotic lepidoptera [vi], 190; [vi]. London.
- ^ Joicey, J.J., & Talbot, G. 1925. Notes on some Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new forms.Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 16: 633-653.
External links edit
- Images of C.paphianus subpallida Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes paphianus paphianus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes paphianus falcata images at BOLD
- Charaxes paphianus subpallida images at BOLD includes verso
- Pteron Images
- 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. [1]
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 32
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