Charaxes defulvata

Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[1][2] The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.

Charaxes defulvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. defulvata
Binomial name
Charaxes defulvata

Taxonomy

The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes. It is considered a member of the Charaxes varanes group.[3]

References

  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Mark C. Williams (2008). "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.


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