Charaxes cowani
Charaxes cowani is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes above 1,000 meters.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. cowani |
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| Charaxes cowani | |
Full description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 370 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 )
Taxonomy
Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:
- Charaxes candiope
- Charaxes antamboulou like next
- Charaxes cowani like last
- Charaxes velox
- Charaxes thomasius
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes cowani. |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487.
External links
- Charaxes cowani images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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