Charaxes mixtus
Charaxes mixtus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
| Charaxes mixtus | |
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| C. m. mixtus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. mixtus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes mixtus Rothschild, 1894[1] | |
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Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group
The supposed clade members are:
- Charaxes tiridates
- Charaxes numenes similar to next
- Charaxes bipunctatus similar to last
- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes bubastis
- Charaxes albimaculatus
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes schoutedeni
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes pythodoris
- ? Charaxes overlaeti
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[3]
Subspecies
- Charaxes mixtus mixtus (Cameroon, south-western Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988 (north-western Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes mixtus. |
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264. also as Charaxes bubastis
External links
- Images of C. mixtus mixtus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes mixtus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes mixtus mixtus images at BOLD
- Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus images at BOLD
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