Charaxes antiquus
Charaxes antiquus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[1][2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland. The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. antiquus |
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| Charaxes antiquus | |
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Description
The butterfly has black edges with two pointy edges on the bottom end, it has a white striped nearly in the middle, and the remainder is colored dark brown and is lighter on the bottom. It is measured 10 centimeters long.
Subspecies
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes brutus.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes antiquus. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes antiquus. |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
External links
- Charaxes antiquus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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