| Charaxes alticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. alticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes alticola Grünberg, 1911
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Charaxes alticola is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. The habitat is Afromontane forest.
The larvae feed on Arundinaria alpinus.
Taxonomy
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes boueti. It is a member of the Charaxes cynthia species group.
Images
External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes alticola.
- ^ Grunberg, K. 1911. Zur kenntnis der Lepidopteren fauna von Deutsch Südwest Afrika. Entomologische Zeitung 72: 377-382.
- ^ "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.
- van Someren, V.G.L. (1970). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)197-250.[1] page 230, plate 6
External links
- Images of C. alticola Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes alticola images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
