Charaxes mccleeryi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. mccleeryi
Binomial name
Charaxes mccleeryi

Charaxes mccleeryi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of lowland to montane forests at altitudes from 600 to 2,150 meters.

The larvae feed on Albizia species.

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

  • Charaxes mccleeryi mccleeryi (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes mccleeryi iringae Kielland, 1990 [4] (Tanzania: central to the Iringa District)

References

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  1. ↑ Van Someren , V.G.L. 1972. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 27 (4): 215-264.
  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 2012-05-24.
  4. ↑ Kielland, J. 1990 in Kielland, J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.


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