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Charaxes anticlea subsp. anticlea Drury 1782

Description

138. Charaxes anticlea anticlea (Drury, 1782)

WL: 30mm. The species flies in forest but extends to dry forest. The typical subspecies ranges from Senegal to eastern Nigeria; C. a. proadusta occurs in Central Africa to Angola and Zambia, C. a. adusta in Kivu (DRC) and Uganda, and C. a. suna flies in western Kenya. The host-plants are Acacia and Mezoneuron (Fabaceae).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, 1 specimen (JB). Tombali: Mato de Lautchande (PNFC), 12.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 28921).

Previous references. Regions: Without a precise location. Authors: Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.

Notes

Published as part of Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4201 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DRC , PNFC
Event date
2009-12-07
Verbatim event date
2009-12-07
Scientific name authorship
Drury
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Charaxes
Species
anticlea
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Charaxes anticlea subsp. anticlea Drury, 1782 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016

References

  • Drury, D. (1782) Illustrations of Natural History. Vol. 3. Printed for the author, London, 76 pp., 50 pls.