Charaxes smaragdalis

Charaxes smaragdalis, the western blue charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Senegal to Somalia, from Angola to Kenya and from Sudan to Egypt. Its habitat is dry forest areas.[1]

Charaxes smaragdalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. smaragdalis
Binomial name
Charaxes smaragdalis
Butler, [1866]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes smaragdalis f. schoutedeni Ghesquière, 1933
  • Charaxes princeps Butler, 1896
  • Charaxes smaragdalis orientalis Joicey & Talbot, 1918 (preocc. Lanz, 1896)
  • Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis f. beni van Someren, 1964
  • Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi f. pseudobohemani Plantrou, 1979
  • Charaxes smaragdalis f. caerulea Carpenter and Jackson, 1950

The butterfly's wingspan is 85 to 100 mm. Adults are black with white and blue bands and spots. The hindwings each have two little tails.[2]

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Description

See External links for the original description by Arthur Gardiner Butler published in 1866 in The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

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

Subspecies

  • C. s. smaragdalis (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire) [4]
  • C. s. butleri Rothschild, 1900 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia) [5]
  • C. s. caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (eastern Zaire, south-western Uganda)[6]
  • C. s. elgonae van Someren, 1964 (Uganda)[6]
  • C. s. gobyae Plantrou, 1988 (south-eastern Sudan)[6]
  • C. s. kagera van Someren, 1964 (north-western Tanzania, south-western Uganda)[6]
  • C. s. kigoma van Someren, 1964 (Tanzania)[6]
  • C. s. leopoldi Ghesquière, 1933 (northern Angola, eastern Congo, south-western Zaire)[6]
  • C. s. metu van Someren, 1964 (south-western Sudan, northern Uganda)[6]
  • C. s. toro van Someren, 1964 (western Uganda)[6]
  • C. s. allardi Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 1997 [6]

References

  1. Frankenbach, B. Turlin; [editors:] Erich Bauer, Thomas (2007). Butterflies of the World. Goecke & Evers. p. iv. ISBN 9783937783321.
  2. "ButterflyCorner.net: Charaxes smaragdalis (Western Blue Charaxes)". en.butterflycorner.net. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  3. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
  4. "Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  5. "Charaxes smaragdalis butleri". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  6. "African Butterfly Database". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
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