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Charaxes pleione (Godart, [1824])

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] pleione pleione (Godart, [1824])
    - lichas (Doubleday, [1849])
    - othello (Suffert, 1904)

  • [Charaxes] pleione congoensis (Plantrou, 1989)
    - pallida (Lathy, 1925)

Adult morphologyWingspan32
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)772
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)454
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
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:

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia

Records


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