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Charaxes usambarae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. usambarae
Binomial name
	Charaxes usambarae; van Someren & Jackson, 1952
Synonyms
	Charaxes pembanus usambarae van Someren & Jackson, 1952; Charaxes usambarae f. mariae Mollet, 1974; Charaxes usambarae f. collinsi van Someren, 1975; Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. pseudorosae Collins, 1987; Charaxes usambarae maridadi f. bella Collins, 1987;

Charaxes usambarae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.^[3] The habitat consists of lowland, sub-montane and montane forests.

Subspecies

Charaxes usambarae is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles. It was first described as a subspecies of Charaxes pembanus.

Differs from Charaxes mccleeryi in the more dentate wing margins ^[5]

^ 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 2012-05-25.
^ Collins, S.C. 1987 Three new African Nymphalidae. Lambillionea 87 (7-8): 92-96.
^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45–101.[1] page 73 Plate 9 Figures 65 and 66, 69 and 70

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