en Charaxes catachrous

Charaxes catachrous
	Male from the CAR - dorsal and ventral views
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. catachrous
Binomial name
	Charaxes catachrous; Van Someren & Jackson, 1952
Synonyms
	Charaxes ephyra ab. catochrous Staudinger, 1896; Charaxes etheocles biinclinata van Someren, 1969;

Charaxes catachrous, the silvery demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.^[4] The habitat consists of wet riverine and swamp forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina.

Taxonomy

Charaxes catachrous is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group. It is similar to Charaxes grahamei on the underside, but a smaller insect.^[5]

References

^ Larsen, T.B. (2020) [amended version of 2011 assessment]. "Charaxes catachrous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T160482A176156334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T160482A176156334.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.
^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ Kielland, J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

van Someren. V.G.L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[1] page 102

External images

Charaxes catochrous images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Images of C. catachrous Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
African Butterfly Database Range map via search

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[1] Larsen, T.B. (2020) [amended version of 2011 assessment]. "Charaxes catachrous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T160482A176156334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T160482A176156334.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[2] Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.

[funet-3] "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-4] "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

[5] Kielland, J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

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