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Charaxes lactetinctus (Karsch, 1892)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] lactetinctus lactetinctus (Karsch, 1892)
    - jacksonianus (van Someren, 1936)
    - busogus (van Someren, 1972)

Adult morphologyWingspan40
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)733
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)449
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWE:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Myrtaceae
    - Syzygium
  • Rhamnaceae
    - Maesopsis

  • Myrtaceae
    - Syzygium
  • Rhamnaceae
    - Maesopsis

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)