Charaxes williami

Charaxes williami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Zambia.[2][3] The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

Charaxes williami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. williami
Binomial name
Charaxes williami
Henning, 2002[1]

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and fermenting sap from injured trees.

The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla.

References

  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  3. Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine


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