Species of butterfly
Charaxes ansorgei
Male, Fig. 2 (middle, left)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Charaxes
Species:
C. ansorgei
Binomial name
Charaxes ansorgei Rothschild, 1897[1] [2]
Charaxes ansorgei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of montane forest on altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 meters. The larvae feed on Bersama abyssinica abyssinica , Bersama abyssinica englerana and Bersama paullinoides .It was once considered to be a very rare species but it is relatively common in dense and inaccessible montane forests [4]
Montane forest in Zambia
^ Rothschild, W. 1897 Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera. Novitates Zoologicae 4: 179-184.
^ Charaxes , Site of Markku Savela
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22 .
^ Larsen, , T.B. 1991 The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History . Oxford University Press, Oxford: i-xxii, 1-490
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Charaxes ansorgei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania...
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1885 Charaxes brutus roberti Turlin, 1987 Charaxes ansorgei kilimanjarica van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ansorgei kungwensis van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ansorgei...
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Charaxes pollux Charaxes phoebus Charaxes ansorgei Charaxes dowsetti Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing Charaxes taxa...
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Charaxes pollux, the black-bordered charaxes , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Charaxes pollux can be found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia,...
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Rothschild, 1905 Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes julius somalicus Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes ansorgei kinyeti Plantrou, 1989 Charaxes pollux (Cramer...
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1905 Charaxes hansali kulalae van Someren, 1975 Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897 Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni Poulton, 1933 Charaxes ansorgei loita...
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Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897 Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932 Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes druceanus obscura...
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Grünberg, 1911 Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971 Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932 Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes druceanus obscura...
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Reiche, 1850 Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866 Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Zambia) Euxanthe crossleyi ansorgei Rothschild, 1903 (southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya...
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Someren, 1971 Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905 Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932 Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes druceanus obscura...
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Butler, 1866 Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885 Charaxes ansorgei levicki...
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Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876) Charaxes protoclea protonothodes van Someren, 1971 Charaxes boueti carvalhoi Bivar de Sousa, 1983 Charaxes ...
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Someren, 1963 Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871 Charaxes lecerfi Lathy, 192 Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873 Charaxes superbus Schultze, 1909 Charaxes acraeoides...
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Charaxes figini van Someren, 1969 Charaxes larseni Rydon, 1982 Charaxes sidamo Plantrou & Rougeot, 1979 Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850]) Charaxes eurinome...
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Staudinger, 1885 Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933 Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes dowsetti Henning, 1989 Charaxes druceanus proximans...
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1971 Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892 Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926 Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850 Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes brutus...
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Charaxes pythodoris occidens van Someren, 1963 Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871 Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873 Charaxes superbus Schultze, 1909 Charaxes lydiae...
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1850 Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850 Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866 Charaxes lucretius Cramer, [1775] Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892 Charaxes jasius...
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