Charaxes hadrianus

Charaxes hadrianus
Charaxes hardianus male from CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. hadrianus
Binomial name
Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871[1]
Synonyms
Charaxes dux Staudinger, 1886 Charaxes gabonica Crowley, 1890 Charaxes hadrianus orientalis Mollet, 1975 Charaxes hadrianus molleti Koçak, 1996

Charaxes hadrianus, Hadrian’s White Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, south-western Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and western Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.

The larvae feed on Ouratea reticulata and Ochna species.

Charaxes hadrianus figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Taxonomy

Charaxes hadrianus is the sole member of the Charaxes hadrianus group.

References

1. Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31
• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.

External links

• Charaxes hadrianus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes hadrianus lecerfi images at BOLD
• Images of C. hadrianus hadrianus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)