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Appearance
| Charaxes diversiforma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. diversiforma |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes diversiforma | |
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Charaxes diversiforma is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lomami, Lualaba, Shaba) and north-western Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of tropical evergreen forests.
The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla and Amblygonocarpus andongensis.
Taxonomy
[edit]Charaxes diversiforma is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes diversiforma.
- ↑ Van Someren, V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
- ↑ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- Van Someren, V.G.L, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. page 141 plate 18 figures 157-172
External links
[edit]- Charaxes diversiforma images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search