Charaxes lemosi
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Charaxes lemosi | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. lemosi
|
Binomial name | |
Charaxes lemosi |
Charaxes lemosi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[3] The species was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927.[4] It is found on the island of Príncipe.[2][5] The habitat consists of forests.
Description
The wingspan of the male is 75 mm (3.0 in) while the female is 90 mm (3.5 in). Its diet consists mostly of fermented fruits.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
The species has been treated as a subspecies of Charaxes lucretius by some authorities eg Gabriel (1932) and van Someren (1957).
References
- ^ Joicey, J.J., & Talbot, G. 1927. Four new butterflies from the island of St. Principe. Entomologist 60: 12-16
- ^ a b "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 21 January 2019.
- ^ Four new butterflies from the island of St. Principe. Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G. Entomologist (1927) 60: 12-16
- ^ Mark C. Williams (2008). "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Retrieved 2019-01-21.[dead link]
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes lemosi.
- Charaxes lemosi images at Consortium for the Barcode of LifeError: "Q2957636" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from July 2019
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2017
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Butterflies described in 1927
- Charaxes
- Endemic fauna of Príncipe
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by James John Joicey
- Taxa named by George Talbot (entomologist)
- All stub articles
- Charaxinae stubs