Charaxes lasti

Silver-striped Charaxes

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. lasti
Binomial name
Charaxes lasti
Grose-Smith, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes boueti centralis Neustetter, 1929

The Silver-striped Charaxes (Charaxes lasti) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of coastal and sub-coastal forests and heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Paramacrolobium coeruleum, Julbernardia magnistipulata, and Macrolobium species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes cynthia group

The group members are

Subspecies

References

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