Charaxes alpinus explained

Charaxes alpinus, the montane charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.^[1]

Description

Larger than the closely related Charaxes ethalion with shorter and more robust tails; underside darker and more reddish brown ^[2] The habitat consists of montane forests in the Eastern Highlands.

Biology

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Albizia adianthifolia.

Taxonomy

Charaxes alpinus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

• 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.https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19523#page/77/mode/1up

External links

• • Charaxes alpinus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life African Butterfly Database Range map via search

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini . 2012-05-24 . 2013-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc . dead .
2. Pringle et al, 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition