Charaxes bipunctatus explained

Charaxes bipunctatus, the two-spot blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania.[1] A local and uncommon butterfly.

Description

Ch. bipunctatus Rothsch. is another close ally of tiridates, distinguished chiefly by the very short, tooth- like tails of the hindwing. Both sexes above coloured and marked like those of tiridates ; the blue spots, however, in the male in part indistinct or absent and the marginal streaks of the hindwing thick, ochre-yellow and not interrupted. Ashanti to Aruwimi.[2] A full description is also given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267025/#page/295/mode/1up page 390 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/9/mode/1up)Differs from Charaxes tiridates and Charaxes numenes in that there are only two hindwing postdiscal spots (in spaces 5 and 6) and in the continuous yellowish distal margin [3]

Biology

The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and sub-montane forests at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,500 meters.

The larvae feed on Blighia unijugata.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

The supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013[4]

Subspecies

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini . 2012-05-23 . 2013-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc . dead .
  2. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
  3. Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
  4. Web site: African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130627225051/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html . dead . 2013-06-27 .
  5. 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.