Charaxes aubyni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. aubyni
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The habitat consists of montane and semi-montane forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Albizia adianthifolia and Albizia schimperana.
Taxonomy
editCharaxes aubyni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Subspecies
edit- Charaxes aubyni aubyni (south-eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957[4] (Malawi, southern and south-central Tanzania, Zambia)
- Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957 (central and south-western Kenya)
References
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- ^ Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1952. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 257-284.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E., 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)45-101.[1]
External links
edit- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
- Images of C. aubyni aubyni Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. aubyni ecketti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes aubyni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes aubyni aubyni images at BOLD
- Charaxes aubyni australis images at BOLD verso
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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