Charaxes kirki

Charaxes kirki is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and dry forests.

Charaxes kirki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. kirki
Binomial name
Charaxes kirki
Butler, 1881[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes etheocles f. rogersi Poulton, 1919
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. albifascia Poulton, 1926
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. handari Poulton, 1926
  • Charaxes etheocles suk Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
  • Charaxes etheocles f. kirkoides Carpenter and Jackson, 1950
  • Charaxes etheocles f. intermedia Carpenter and Jackson, 1950
  • Charaxes etheocles f. achaemenesopsis Carpenter and Jackson, 1950

The larvae feed on Acacia mellifera, Albizia adianthifolia, Albizia coriaria, Albizia schimperiana, Entada abyssinica, Entada leptostachys, Entada africana, Entada phaseoloides, Tamarindus indica, Acacia caffra, Albizia sassa, Albizia gummifera and Entada gigas.

Taxonomy

Charaxes kirki is a member of the Charaxes etheocles species group.

Subspecies
  • Charaxes kirki kirki (central and eastern Kenya, central, northern and eastern Tanzania, Pemba Island)
  • Charaxes kirki daria Rothschild, 1903 (Ethiopia: east of the Rift Valley)
  • Charaxes kirki suk Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (Uganda: central and north to the area west of Lake Rudolf)

References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini


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