Charaxes diversiforma

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.[2] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

Charaxes diversiforma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. diversiforma
Binomial name
Charaxes diversiforma
van Someren & Jackson, 1957[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma van Someren & Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. albimacula van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. ochremaculata van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. caerulescens van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. cupropurpurea van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. purpurea van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. viridicaerulea van Someren and Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma f. albocaerulea van Someren and Jackson, 1957

The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla and Amblygonocarpus andongensis.

Taxonomy

Charaxes diversiforma is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group.

References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  • 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


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