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Charaxes protoclea (Feisthamel, 1850)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] protoclea protoclea (Feisthamel, 1850)
    - aeson (Herrich-Schäffer, [1858])

Adult morphologyWingspan41
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)729
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)456
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
    - Afzelia
    - Berlinia
    - Brachystegia
    - Bussea
    - Cassia
    - Julbernardia
  • Myrtaceae
    - Syzygium
  • Poaceae
    - Oxytenanthera

  • Fabaceae
    - Afzelia
    - Berlinia
    - Brachystegia
    - Bussea
    - Cassia
    - Julbernardia
  • Myrtaceae
    - Syzygium
  • Poaceae
    - Oxytenanthera

Records


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