Charaxes gallagheri, the Gallagher's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and eastern Zimbabwe and Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of granite-boulder hills in savanna.

Charaxes gallagheri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. gallagheri
Binomial name
Charaxes gallagheri
van Son, 1962 [1][2]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from November to December and again from late February to April.

The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis.

Taxonomy

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Charaxes gallagheri is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

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  1. ^ Van Son, G. 1962. New African butterflies – 1 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 25: 140-148.
  2. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  • 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]
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