Charaxes nobilis

Charaxes nobilis, the noble white charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1873. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

Lowland forest habitat in the Central African Republic

Charaxes nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. nobilis
Binomial name
Charaxes nobilis
Synonyms
  • Charaxes agabo Distant, 1880
  • Charaxes homerus Staudinger, 1891

Taxonomy

Charaxes nobilis group.

The supposed clade members are:

Subspecies
  • Charaxes nobilis nobilis (southern and eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
  • Charaxes nobilis claudei le Moult, 1933 (north-western Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, south-western Nigeria) Raised to a full species by Eric Vingerhoedt.[3]
  • Charaxes nobilis rosaemariae Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Shaba)

References
Notes
  1. Savela, Markku (March 23, 2019). "Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  3. "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
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