Charaxes eudoxus

Charaxes eudoxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. eudoxus
Binomial name
Charaxes eudoxus
(Drury, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio castor var. eudoxus Drury, 1782
  • Charaxes eudoxus eudoxus f. druceanoides Nicat, 2002
  • Charaxes eudoxus amaurus f. nzoia van Someren, 1970
  • Charaxes blachieri Oberthür, 1912
  • Charaxes eudoxus theresae Le Cerf, 1932

Charaxes eudoxus, the Eudoxus Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including gallery and riverine forests.

The larvae feed on Schefflera, Syzygium (including Syzygium cordatum and Syzygium guineense) and Garcinia species.

Subspecies

Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Fig. 4

Taxonomy

The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:

References

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