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Charaxes castor (Cramer, [1775])

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] castor castor (Cramer, [1775])
    - godarti (Aurivillius, 1898)
    - aginga (Stoneham, 1931)
    - severus (Biederman, 1935)
    - flavimarginalis (Stoneham, 1936)

Adult morphologyWingspan50
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)736
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]
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:

  • Celastraceae
    - Elaeodendron
    - Gymnosporia
    - Maytenus
  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Bridelia
    - Tragia
  • Fabaceae
    - Afzelia
    - Bauhinia
    - Brachystegia
    - Cassia
    - Entada
    - Erythrina
  • Iridaceae
    - Iris
  • Poaceae
    - Sorghum
  • Ulmaceae
    - Chaetacme
    - Trema
  • Verbenaceae
    - Gmelina

  • Celastraceae
    - Elaeodendron
    - Gymnosporia
    - Maytenus
  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Bridelia
    - Tragia
  • Fabaceae
    - Afzelia
    - Bauhinia
    - Brachystegia
    - Cassia
    - Entada
    - Erythrina
  • Iridaceae
    - Iris
  • Poaceae
    - Sorghum
  • Ulmaceae
    - Chaetacme
    - Trema
  • Verbenaceae
    - Gmelina

Records


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