Charaxes kheili

Charaxes kheili
	Dorsal side
	Ventral side
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. kheili
Binomial name
	Charaxes kheili; Staudinger, 1896
Synonyms
	Charaxes kheili f. curvilinea Basquin and Turlin, 1986; Charaxes kheili f. flavimacula Basquin and Turlin, 1986; Charaxes kheili f. caeruleolinea Basquin and Turlin, 1986;

Charaxes kheili is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the north-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3] The habitat consists of woodland savanna.

Description

Ch. kheili Stgr. male: wings above with black ground-colour; forewing with large blue marginal spots, a row of 8 or 9 blue, or in cellules 6 and 7 white postdiscal spots at 5 mm. from the distal margin, 2—4 discal spots in 3—6, and usually also a blue spot in the cell. Hindwing behind the middle in cellules 2—5 with a somewhat irregular band of 4—5 spots; submarginal and marginal spots small and blue. Under surface as in ethalion.Female unknown. Congo and Niam-niam-land. ^[4]

Taxonomy

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

Realm

Afrotropical realm

References

^ Staudinger, O. 1896 Neue exotischer Tagfalter. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 9:193-240.
^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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.[1]

External links

Charaxes kheili images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Charaxes kheili f. curvilinea images at BOLD
Charaxes kheili f. flavimacula images at BOLD
Images of C. kheili Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)

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[1] Staudinger, O. 1896 Neue exotischer Tagfalter. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 9:193-240.

[funet-2] "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-25.

[4] Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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