Charaxes balfourii

Charaxes balfouri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. balfouri
Binomial name
	Charaxes balfouri; Butler, 1881

Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.^[3] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.

Description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. [1] page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

Charaxes varanes
Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
Charaxes balfouri
Charaxes analava
Charaxes nicati
Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
Charaxes saperanus
Charaxes defulvata

Etymology

The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.

References

^ Butler, A.G. 1881. On the lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I.B. Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 175-180.
^ Charaxes balfouri, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

External links

Charaxes balfouri images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
African Butterfly Database Range map via searchError: "Q5073972" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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[1] Butler, A.G. 1881. On the lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I.B. Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 175-180.

[funet-2] Charaxes balfouri, Site of Markku Savela

[ATBUT-3] Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini

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