Charaxes defulvata explained

Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[1] The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.

Taxonomy

The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes following Van Someren in 1974.[2] In 1983, it was given full species status again by Plantrou.[3] It is considered a member of the Charaxes varanes group.[4]

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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. Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8): 415–487.
  3. Plantrou, J. 1983. Systematique biogeographique et evolution des Charaxes Africains (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Publications du Laboratoire de Zoologie, Ecole Normale Superieure (25): 1–456
  4. Web site: African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains . https://archive.today/20130627225051/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html . dead . 2013-06-27 . Eric . Vingerhoedt . 2013 .

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