Charaxes chanleri explained

Charaxes chanleri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-central and northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia.^[1] The habitat consists of arid Acacia savanna.

Original description

In 1895, William Jacob Holland wrote:

Vingerhoedt provides images^[2]

Taxonomy

Considered conspecific with Charaxes kirki kirkii by Turlin and Vingerhoedt.^[2]

Etymology

It was named for William A. Chanler, one of the collectors.^[3]

Realm

Afrotropical realm

External links

• 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. Web site: African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt . dead . https://archive.today/20130616144953/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/etheogrp/chanleri/chanleri.html . 2013-06-16 .
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ROMpAAAAYAAJ&dq=East+African+Diplopoda+of+the+suborder+Polydesmoidea&pg=PA81 Orator Fuller Cook, East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1895.