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Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] eupale eupale (Drury, 1782)
    - amasia (Fabricius, 1793)

  • [Charaxes] eupale latimargo (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
    - schultzei (Röber, 1936)
    - citrinella (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938)
    - inornata (Storace, 1948)

Adult morphologyWingspan30
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)756
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)443
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
    - Albizia
    - Cathormion
  • Rhamnaceae
    - Scutia

  • Fabaceae
    - Albizia
    - Cathormion
  • Rhamnaceae
    - Scutia

Records


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