Charaxes balfourii explained

Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.^[1] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500and.

Description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267025/#page/295/mode/1up page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/9/mode/1up)

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

Etymology

The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.

External links

• • Charaxes balfouri 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 . 2012-05-22 . 2013-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc . dead .