Charaxes andranodorus

Charaxes andranodorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. andranodorus
Binomial name
	Charaxes andranodorus; Mabille, 1884[1]
Synonyms
	Charaxes zoippus Mabille, 1884;

Charaxes andranodorus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of wet evergreen forests and rainforests.

The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.

Description

In 1900, a full description was given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524 pages 420-422.

Subspecies

C. a. andranodorus (eastern Madagascar)
C. a. andrefana Viette, 1975 (western Madagascar)

Taxonomy

The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:

Charaxes jasius
Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
Charaxes hansali
Charaxes castor
Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
Charaxes andara – Madagascar
Charaxes ansorgei
Charaxes phoebus
Charaxes pollux
Charaxes druceanus
Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar close to next
Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
Charaxes eudoxus
Charaxes richelmanni

References

"Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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.
Charaxes andrefana images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Charaxes andranodorus images at BOLD
Charaxes andranodorus andrefana images at BOLD verso
African Butterfly Database Range map via search

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[funet-1] "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini