Charaxes mycerina, the mycerina untailed charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea.[3] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests. An uncommon species [4]

Charaxes mycerina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. mycerina
Binomial name
Charaxes mycerina
(Godart, 1824)[1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis mycerina Godart, 1824
  • Charaxes nausicaa Staudinger, 1891
  • Charaxes mycerina vietti Plantrou, 1978

Description

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Very similar to Charaxes doubledayi and similar to other members of the Charaxes lycurgus group but forewing upperside without marginal marks. Hindwing with almost contiguous blue marginal lines.

Subspecies

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  • Charaxes mycerina mycerina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
  • Charaxes mycerina nausicaa Staudinger, 1891 [5] (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bioko)

Taxonomy

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Charaxes mycerina is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are:

Clade 1

Clade 2

References

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  1. ^ Godart, J.B. in Latreille , P.A., & Godart, J.B. [1819], [1824]. Encyclopedie Methodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9 Entomologie: i-iv, 1-328 [1819], 329-828 [1824]. Paris.
  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.
  4. ^ Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1-595
  5. ^ Staudinger, , O. 1891. Neue exotische Lepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4: 61-157.
  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [1]
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