Charaxes brainei
| Charaxes brainei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. brainei |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes brainei van Son, 1966[1] | |
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Charaxes brainei, Braine’s Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in north-eastern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.
Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.
The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum.
Taxonomy
Charaxes brainei is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
References
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- ↑ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- 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.
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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