Charaxes brainei explained

Charaxes brainei, the Braine's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana.[1]

Description

The female forewing upperside differs from that of Charaxes vansoni in a suffusion of blue into the postdiscal spots. The discal band of the hindwing is similarly suffused blue, and there is slight violaceous shade on the hindwing underside [2]

Biology

The habitat consists of dry savanna.Flies from October to June; commonest in March and April Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum.

Taxonomy

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

References

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