Charaxes overlaeti explained

Charaxes overlaeti is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.^[1]

Taxonomy

Known only from the holotype and a similar specimen captured in Kenya.Charaxes overlaeti may be a hybrid between Charaxes bohemani and Charaxes ameliae.^[2]

Charaxes tiridates group.

The supposed clade members are:

• Charaxes tiridates
• Charaxes numenes, similar to next
• Charaxes bipunctatus, similar to last
• Charaxes violetta
• Charaxes fuscus
• Charaxes mixtus
• Charaxes bubastis
• Charaxes albimaculatus
• Charaxes barnsi
• Charaxes bohemani
• Charaxes schoutedeni
• Charaxes monteiri
• Charaxes smaragdalis
• Charaxes xiphares
• Charaxes cithaeron
• Charaxes nandina
• Charaxes imperialis
• Charaxes ameliae
• Charaxes pythodoris
• ? Charaxes overlaeti

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.^[3]

External links

• Images of C. overlaeti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes overlaeti images Holotype

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. Henning, S.F. 1988 [1989]. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa. Aloe Books, Johannesburg, 1–457.
3. Web site: African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130627225051/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html . dead . 2013-06-27 .