Charaxes mars
Charaxes mars, the iron rajah, is a butterfly of the rajahs and nawabs group, i.e. the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is endemic to Sulawesi in central Indonesia.[1]
Iron rajah | |
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Male | |
Female C. m. madensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. mars |
Binomial name | |
Charaxes mars Staudinger, 1885 | |
Synonyms | |
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Races
- Charaxes mars mars (northern Sulawesi)
- Charaxes mars dohertyi Rothschild, 1892 (southern Sulawesi)
- Charaxes mars madensis Rothschild, 1899 (Buru)
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