Charaxes barnsi explained

Charaxes barnsi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of Príncipe.^[1] The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927.

Charaxes barnsi is a large butterfly with a brown ground colour and a very wide metallic blue band punctuated by light blue (tinged violet).The male is a little smaller than the female which reaches 105 mm. It is considered part of the Charaxes tiridates group.^[2]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): File H – Charaxinae (Nymphalidae) . 2008 . Mark C. . Williams . 2019-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc . 9 November 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains . https://archive.today/20130627225051/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html . dead . 2013-06-27 . Eric . Vingerhoedt . 2013 .