Charaxes lactetinctus

Charaxes lactetinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. lactetinctus
Binomial name
Charaxes lactetinctus
Karsch, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes lactetinctus f. jacksonianus van Someren, 1936
  • Charaxes lactetinctus busogus van Someren, 1972
  • Charaxes lactetinctus ungemachi f. brunneus Carpenter, 1935

Charaxes lactetinctus, the Blue Patch Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and possibly Sudan.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, including dry thorn-bush savanna.

The larvae feed on Syzygium cordatum and Maesopsis eminii.

Taxonomy

Charaxes lucretius group

The members are

Subspecies

References

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