Charaxes octavus explained

Charaxes octavus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic.^[1] The habitat consists of tropical forests.

Taxonomy

Known from a single specimen from the type locality only. Probably a hybrid of brutus and lucretius.^[2]

Charaxes lucretius group.

The members are:

• Charaxes lucretius
• Charaxes octavus
• Charaxes odysseus
• Charaxes lactetinctus

External links

• Charaxes octavus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini . 2012-05-22 . 2013-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc . dead .
2. Ackery, 1995 in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I., et al. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803.