Charaxes saperanus

Charaxes saperanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Charaxini
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. saperanus
Binomial name
Charaxes saperanus Poulton, 1926[1] [2]
Synonyms
Charaxes varanes var. comoranus Aurivillius, 1909

Charaxes saperanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa.[3] The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.

The larvae feed on Allophylus species.

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are:

• Charaxes varanes
• Charaxes fulvescens - very similar to varanes
• Charaxes acuminatus - very pointed forewing
• Charaxes balfouri
• Charaxes analava
• Charaxes nicati
• Charaxes bertrami - perhaps subspecies of varanes
• Charaxes saperanus
• Charaxes defulvata

References

1. Poulton, E.B. 1926 Mimicry in African butterflies of the genus Charaxes, with a classification of the species. III. Internationaler Entomologen-Kongress 2: 518-575.
2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.

• Charaxes saperanus images at Bold