Charaxes baumanni

Charaxes baumanni
Fig. 3 Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894 Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. baumanni
Binomial name
Charaxes baumanni
Rogenhofer, 1891[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes selousi Trimen, 1894
  • Charaxes whytei Butler, 1894

Charaxes baumanni, the Little Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of open forests and woodland.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and also feed on animal scats. Adults are on wing year round.

woodland savanna habitat in Kenya

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The larvae feed on Acacia brevispica, Acacia seyal, Acacia brevispica, Pterolobium stellatum and Caesalpinia decapetala.

Description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 491-492 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Charaxes baumanni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Ecozone

Afrotropical ecozone

References

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