Charaxes chintechi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Tanzania, eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and Mozambique.[3] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland (Miombo)
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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. chintechi
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The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis and Dalbergia lactea.
Taxonomy
editCharaxes chintechi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles The male is very similar to both Charaxes manica and Charaxes howarthi [4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes chintechi.
- ^ van Someren. V.G.L., 1975 Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3):65-136.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
External links
edit- Charaxes chintechi images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life subspecies and forms
- Images of C. chintechi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
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