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Charaxes cynthia (Butler, 1866 & 1849)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] cynthia cynthia (Butler, 1866 & 1849)
    - lysianassa (Westwood, 1874)
    - guineensis (Le Moult, 1933)

Adult morphologyWingspan38
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)731
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)438
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Clusiaceae
    - Garcinia, [doubtful]
  • Fabaceae
    - Albizia
    - Griffonia
  • Ixonanthaceae
    - Klainedoxa
  • Sapindaceae
    - Phialodiscus
  • Ulmaceae
    - Celtis

  • Clusiaceae
    - Garcinia ([doubtful])
  • Fabaceae
    - Albizia
    - Griffonia
  • Ixonanthaceae
    - Klainedoxa
  • Sapindaceae
    - Phialodiscus
  • Ulmaceae
    - Celtis

Charaxes cynthia
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe

Records


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




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