Charaxes pythodoris

Charaxes pythodoris, the powder-blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests, riparian forests, heavy savanna and light arid savanna.

Charaxes pythodoris
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. pythodoris
Binomial name
Charaxes pythodoris
Synonyms
  • Charaxes nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Charaxes pythodoris f. pallida Carpenter, 1934
  • Charaxes pythodoris f. geraldi Stoneham, 1964

The larvae feed on Craibia brownii, Craibia laurentii, Craibia brevicaudata and Craibia affinis.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[3]

Subspecies

  • C. p. pythodoris (Angola, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • C. p. davidi Plantrou, 1973 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • C. p. knoopae Plantrou, 1982 (western Nigeria)
  • C. p. nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889 (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • C. p. occidens van Someren, 1963 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • C. p. pallida van Someren, 1963 (central Tanzania)
  • C. p. sumbuensis Henning, 1982 (Zambia: southern Lake Tanganyika)
  • C. p. ventersi Henning, 1982 (Malawi: gorges and valleys down the sides of the Zomba Plateau)

References

  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.
  • Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. Additional notes


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