Charaxes mycerina

Charaxes mycerina External image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. mycerina
Binomial name
Charaxes mycerina (Godart, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
Nymphalis mycerina Godart, 1824 Charaxes nausicaa Staudinger, 1891 Charaxes mycerina vietti Plantrou, 1978

Charaxes mycerina, the Mycerina Untailed Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

Description

Very similar to Charaxes doubledayi and similar to other members of the lycurgus group but forewing upperside without marginal marks.Hindwing with almost contiguous blue marginal lines.

Subspecies

• Charaxes mycerina mycerina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
• Charaxes mycerina nausicaa Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bioko)

Taxonomy

Charaxes mycerina is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are

Clade 1

• Charaxes lycurgus Nominate
• Charaxes porthos
• Charaxes zelica

Clade 2

• Charaxes mycerina
• Charaxes doubledayi

References

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

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487.

External links

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