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Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] lycurgus lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)
    - laodice (Drury, 1782)
    - nesiope (Hewitson, 1854)

Adult morphologyWingspan35
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)777
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)450
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:

  • Dichapetalaceae
    - Dichapetalum
  • Fabaceae
    - Albizia
    - Dalbergia
    - Lonchocarpus
    - Millettia
    - Pterocarpus
  • Marantaceae
    - Trachyphrynium
  • Sapindaceae
    - Paullinia

  • Dichapetalaceae
    - Dichapetalum
  • Fabaceae
    - Albizia
    - Dalbergia
    - Lonchocarpus
    - Millettia
    - Pterocarpus
  • Marantaceae
    - Trachyphrynium
  • Sapindaceae
    - Paullinia

Records


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