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Charaxes brutus (Cramer, [1779])

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] brutus brutus (Cramer, [1779])
    - cajus (Herbst, 1790)

Adult morphologyWingspan45
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)737
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)436
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
DRF:
Centered on the drier forests, including riverine and forest/savannah transition
DRF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWT:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Flueggea
    - Securinega
  • Meliaceae
    - Ekebergia
    - Entandrophragma
    - Khaya
    - Lepidotrichilia
    - Melia
    - Trichilia
    - Turraea
  • Melianthaceae
    - Bersama
  • Sapindaceae
    - Allophylus
    - Blighia
    - Phialodiscus
  • Tiliaceae
    - Grewia

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Flueggea
    - Securinega
  • Meliaceae
    - Ekebergia
    - Entandrophragma
    - Khaya
    - Lepidotrichilia
    - Melia
    - Trichilia
    - Turraea
  • Melianthaceae
    - Bersama
  • Sapindaceae
    - Allophylus
    - Blighia
    - Phialodiscus
  • Tiliaceae
    - Grewia

Charaxes brutus
Photographer: Henk Hunneman

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011




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