Charaxes bohemani
Charaxes bohemani, the large blue emperor, large blue charaxes or divebomber charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa.[1]
| Large blue emperor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. bohemani |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes bohemani | |
The wingspan is 65–75 mm in males and 78–95 mm in females. Their flight period is year-round.[2]
Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 374-376 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )
The larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora, Philenoptera violacea, Dalbergia nitidula, Scotia brachypetala, and Xeroderris stuhlmanni.[1][2]
References
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)181-226.
External links
- Images of C. bohemani Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes bohemani images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes bohemani matakall images at BOLD
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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