Charaxes lemosi
Charaxes lemosi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] The species was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927.[3] It is found on the island of PrÃncipe.[1][4] The habitat consists of forests.
| Charaxes lemosi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. lemosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes lemosi | |
Description
The wingspan of the male is 75 mm while the female is 90 mm. Its diet consists mostly of fermented fruits.
Taxonomy
The species has been treated as a subspecies of Charaxes lucretius by some authorities eg Gabriel (1932) and van Someren (1957).
References
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 21 January 2019.
- Four new butterflies from the island of St. Principe. Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G. Entomologist (1927) 60: 12-16
- Mark C. Williams (2008). "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
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