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Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] numenes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)

Adult morphologyWingspan41
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)743
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)453
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:

  • Fabaceae
    - Erythrina
  • Linaceae
    - Hugonia
  • Sapindaceae
    - Allophylus
    - Blighia
    - Deinbollia
    - Phialodiscus
  • Tiliaceae
    - Grewia

  • Fabaceae
    - Erythrina
  • Linaceae
    - Hugonia
  • Sapindaceae
    - Allophylus
    - Blighia
    - Deinbollia
    - Phialodiscus
  • Tiliaceae
    - Grewia

Records


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