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Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] candiope candiope (Godart, 1824)
    - viridicostatus (Aurivillius, 1879)
    - uniformis (Storace, 1948)
    - rosae (Storace, 1948)

Adult morphologyWingspan42
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)728
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]
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:

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Croton
  • Poaceae
    - Pennisetum

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Croton
  • Poaceae
    - Pennisetum

Records


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