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Charaxes manica

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Manica charaxes
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. manica
Binomial name
Charaxes manica
Synonyms
  • Charaxes dewitzi Butler, 1895
  • Charaxes chittyi Rydon, 1980
  • Charaxes chittyi f. helgae Rydon, 1980

Charaxes manica, the Manica charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Albizia antunesiana, Dalbergiella nyasae, Albizia antunesiana, Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegia boehmii and Dalbergia lactea.

Taxonomy

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Charaxes manica is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles. The male is very similar to both Charaxes howarthi and Charaxes chintechi [4]


References

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  1. ^ Trimen, R. 1894. On the collection of butterflies made in Manica, tropical south-east Africa, by Mr. F.C. Selous, in the year 1892. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 14-82. Full text
  2. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
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