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Charaxes paphianus (Ward, 1871)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] paphianus paphianus (Ward, 1871)
    - renati (Rousseau-Decelle, 1938)

  • [Charaxes] paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)
    - hamulosa (Weymer, 1892)

Adult morphologyWingspan30
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)773
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)453
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
MEF:
Centered on the moist semi-deciduous forest types
MEF
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
    - Acacia

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia

Records


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