| Species name | Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891) lWt^I`E Forest pearl charaxes |
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| Taxonomy | Palla
varanes
var. fulvescens Aurivillius, 1891.
Entomologisk Tidskrift 12: 216 (193-228). |
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| Subspecies | Charaxes fulvescens fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891) Charaxes fulvescens imenti Plantrou, 1989: Charaxes fulvescens marialuisae Canu, 1989: Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900: Central African Republic, Sudan (south), Democratic Republic of Congo (east), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya (west), Tanzania (north-west), Zambia (north-west). Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975: |
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| Distribution |
Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana,
Togo, Benin (Fermon et al., 2001), Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central
African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia. |
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| Biology |
Host plant: Allophylus macrobothrys Gilg. (Sapindaceae) [Van Someren, 1974:
321]. |
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| Nigeria |
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| References |
Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1963). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242. |