Charaxes manica

Manica Charaxes
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. manica
Binomial name
Charaxes manica
Trimen, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes dewitzi Butler, 1895
  • Charaxes chittyi Rydon, 1980
  • Charaxes chittyi f. helgae Rydon, 1980

Charaxes manica, the Manica Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Both sexes feed from sap oozing from trees and from fermenting fruit. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Albizia antunesiana, Dalbergiella nyasae, Albizia antunesiana, Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegia boehmii and Dalbergia lactea.

Taxonomy

Charaxes manica is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References

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