Charaxes montis explained

Charaxes montis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.^[1] The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.

Taxonomy

Described as a subspecies of Charaxes dilutus, later regarded as a full species by Victor Van Someren.

Similar species

Charaxes subornatus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:

Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the eupale species group.^[2]

Realm

Afrotropical realm

References

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127336#page/511/mode/1up
Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologica Africana Hors Série 3:1-32.

External links

African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt images of eupale group
Images of C. montis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Charaxes montis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Notes and References

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 .
Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E.V., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. 2008: Les Charaxes du groupe eupale: description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Entomologia Africana Hors Série 3: 1–32.