Charaxes northcotti
| Northcott’s charaxes | |
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| male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. northcotti |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899[1] | |
Charaxes northcotti, Northcott’s charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland savanna and gallery forests.
Taxonomy
Charaxes northcotti is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
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- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.
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