Charaxes pelias
Charaxes pelias, the protea emperor or protea charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in South Africa.[2]
| Protea emperor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. pelias |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes pelias | |
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The wingspan is 60–70 mm in males and 65–75 mm in females. It has successive broods from September to April.[3]
The larvae feed on Hypocalyptus obcordatus, Osyris compressa, Osyris lanceolata, and Rafnia species.[2][3]
Taxonomy
The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
- Charaxes andara – Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
References
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.
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