Charaxes pythodoris
Charaxes pythodoris, the powder-blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests, riparian forests, heavy savanna and light arid savanna.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. pythodoris |
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The larvae feed on Craibia brownii, Craibia laurentii, Craibia brevicaudata and Craibia affinis.
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
- Charaxes tiridates
- Charaxes numenes - similar to next
- Charaxes bipunctatus - similar to last
- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes bubastis
- Charaxes albimaculatus
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes schoutedeni
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes pythodoris
- ? Charaxes overlaeti
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[3]
Subspecies
- C. p. pythodoris (Angola, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- C. p. davidi Plantrou, 1973 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- C. p. knoopae Plantrou, 1982 (western Nigeria)
- C. p. nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889 (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
- C. p. occidens van Someren, 1963 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
- C. p. pallida van Someren, 1963 (central Tanzania)
- C. p. sumbuensis Henning, 1982 (Zambia: southern Lake Tanganyika)
- C. p. ventersi Henning, 1982 (Malawi: gorges and valleys down the sides of the Zomba Plateau)
References
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- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.
- Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. Additional notes
External links
- Images of C. p. knoopae Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. p. pythodoris (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes pythodoris images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- C. p. pythodoris images at BOLD
- C. p. nesaea images at BOLD
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