Charaxes guderiana
Charaxes guderiana, the blue-spangled emperor, Guderian's charaxes or blue-spangled charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.[2] The habitat is Brachystegia woodland.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. guderiana |
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| Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879) | |
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The wingspan is 50–60 mm in males and 60–70 mm in females. Its flight period is year round.[3]
Larvae feed on Brachystegia spicaeformis, Brachystegia boehmii, Brachystegia taxifolia, Julbernardia globiflora, Amblygonocarpus andongensis, and Dalbergia lactea.[2][3]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- C. g. guderiana (Dewitz, 1879) (Angola, north-eastern Namibia, north-eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, southern and western Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa)
- C. g. rabaiensis Poulton, 1929 (coast of Kenya)
Taxonomy
Charaxes guderiana is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
Realm
References
- Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Charaxes guderiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T159854A5340703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T159854A5340703.en.
- "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, 1970 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)197-250.
External links
- Charaxes guderiana images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes guderiana guderiana images at BOLD
- Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis images at BOLD
- Images of C. guderiana guderiana Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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