Charaxes northcotti

Charaxes northcotti, Northcott's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland savanna and gallery forests.

Northcott's charaxes
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. northcotti
Binomial name
Charaxes northcotti

Taxonomy

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

References

  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.


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