Charaxes defulvata

Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[2][3] The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.

Charaxes defulvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. defulvata
Binomial name
Charaxes defulvata

Taxonomy

The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes following Van Someren, 1974.[4] In 1983 it was given full species status again by Plantrou [5] It is considered a member of the Charaxes varanes group.[6]

References
  1. Joicey , J.J., & Talbot, G. 1926 New forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Sao Thome, West Africa. Entomologist 59: 220-226.
  2. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Mark C. Williams (2008). "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  4. Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8): 415-487.
  5. Plantrou , J. 1983. Systematique biogeographique et evolution des Charaxes Africains (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Publications du Laboratoire de Zoologie, Ecole Normale Superieure (25): 1-456
  6. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.


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