Charaxes mccleeryi

Charaxes mccleeryi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to montane forests at altitudes from 600 to 2,150 meters.

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

Adult males are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on Albizia species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes mccleeryi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

Subspecies

  • Charaxes mccleeryi mccleeryi (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes mccleeryi iringae Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: central to the Iringa District)

References

  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.


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