Charaxes lecerfi explained

Charaxes lecerfi, the Le Cerf's white charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly southern Nigeria.^[1] The habitat consists of evergreen forests. It is a local and rare species.^[2]

The name honours Ferdinand Le Cerf.

Taxonomy

Ranked as a subspecies of Charaxes hadrianus by Vingerhoedt.^[3]

External links

• Images of C. lecerfi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)

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. Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1-595.
3. Web site: African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt. dead. https://archive.today/20130616144924/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/etheogrp/ephyra/ephyra.html. 2013-06-16.