Charaxes brainei

Charaxes brainei, the Braine's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

Charaxes brainei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. brainei
Binomial name
Charaxes brainei
van Son, 1966[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola brainei van Son, 1966

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Peltophorum africanum.

Taxonomy

Charaxes brainei is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References


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