Charaxes protoclea
Charaxes protoclea, the flame-bordered emperor or flame-bordered charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found Subsaharan Africa.[1]
| Flame-bordered emperor | |
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| Charaxes protoclea protoclea male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. protoclea |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850 | |
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The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 75–95 mm in females. Has two broods from October to November and from February to June.[2]
Larvae feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spiciformis, and Julbernardia globiflora.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Charaxes cynthia group
The group members are
- Charaxes cynthia similar to Charaxes lucretius
- Charaxes protoclea
- Charaxes boueti close to next
- Charaxes lasti close to last
- Charaxes alticola
Charaxes protoclea and Charaxes subornatus
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- C. p. azota (Hewitson, 1877) (Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal)
- C. p. catenaria Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania, Zambia)
- C. p. cedrici Canu, 1989 (Bioko)
- C. p. nothodes Jordan, 1911 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- C. p. protoclea Feisthamel, 1850 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
- C. p. protonothodes van Someren, 1971 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, north-western Angola, north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
- "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, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)181-226.
External links
- Images of C. protoclea azota Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. protoclea catenaria (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. protoclea nothodes (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. protoclea protoclea (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes protoclea images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes protoclea protoclea images at BOLD
- Charaxes protoclea azota images at BOLD
- Charaxes protoclea catenaria images at BOLD
- Charaxes protoclea cedreici images at BOLD
- Charaxes protoclea nothodes images at BOLD
- Charaxes protoclea protonothodes images at BOLD
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31 d ssp. azota
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