Charaxes legeri

Charaxes legeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. legeri
Binomial name
Charaxes legeri
Plantrou, 1978[1]

Charaxes legeri, St, Leger’s Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria and southern Niger.[2] The habitat consists of woodland savanna at altitudes between 600 and 1,700 meters.

The larvae feed on Sorghum roxburghii and Annona species.

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