Charaxes eupale

Charaxes eupale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. eupale
Binomial name
Charaxes eupale
(Drury, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio eupale Drury, 1782
  • Papilio amasia Fabricius, 1793
  • Charaxes schultzei Röber, 1936
  • Charaxes eupale f. citrinella Rousseau-Decelle, 1938
  • Charaxes eupale f. inornata Storace, 1948
  • Charaxes dilutus veneris White & Grant, 1989
  • Charaxes dilutus kasitu White & Grant, 1989 [2]
  • Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974 [2]

Charaxes eupale, the Common Green Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[3] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina, Albizia gummifera, Albizia zygia, Albizia adianthifolia and Cathormion species.

The green colouration is produced by pigments as opposed to being produced structurally, which is common in most green butterflies.

Subspecies

Similar species

Charaxes eupale is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade) The clade members are

Ecozone

Afrotropical

References

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  1. Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 1 2 Bouyer, Zakharov, Rougerie & Vingerhoedt , 2008 Les Charaxes du "groupe eupale" : Description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lépidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologia Africana Hors série n°3, 2008.
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini


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