Charaxes mafuga
Charaxes mafuga is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.
Charaxes mafuga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. mafuga |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
Taxonomy
Charaxes mafuga is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes mafuga. |
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes mafuga. |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
External links
- Charaxes mafuga images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. mafuga Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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