Charaxes porthos
Charaxes porthos, the Porthos untailed charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and drier forests.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. porthos |
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| Charaxes porthos Grose-Smith, 1883[1] | |
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Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.
Subspecies
- C. p. porthos (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Kinshasa, Sankuru)
- C. p. dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- C. p. gallayi van Someren, 1968 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
- C. p. katangae Rousseau-Decelle, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
Taxonomy
Charaxes porthos is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are:
Clade 1
- Charaxes lycurgus - nominate
- Charaxes porthos
- Charaxes zelica
Clade 2
References
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- DeutschEntomolZeit1891Taf2.jpg
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. also as dunkeli
External links
- Images of C. p. dummeri Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. p. porthos (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. p. katangae (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes porthos images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- C. p. porthos images at BOLD
- C. p. dummeri images at BOLD
- C. p. galayi images at BOLD
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