Charaxes brutus

Charaxes brutus
White-barred Emperor
Charaxes brutus natalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. brutus
Binomial name
Charaxes brutus
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Papilio brutus

The White-barred Emperor or White-barred Charaxes (Charaxes brutus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa (see subspecies section for detailed information).

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The wingspan is 60–75 mm in males and 75–90 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[1]

The larvae feed on Grewia species, Entandrophagma delevoi, Trichilia dregeana, Blighia unifugata, Melai azedarach, Trichilia emetica, and Ekebergia capensis.[1][2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • Charaxes brutus brutalus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, West Nigeria)
  • Charaxes brutus cyclone (Coastal Kenya & Tanzania)
  • Charaxes brutus agustus (Eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Northern Angola, Zaire, West Uganda)
  • Charaxes brutus natalensause (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania)
  • Charaxes brutus roberta (Pemba Island)

Brutus brutus(Cramer,1779)W.African forest block,from guinea to W.Nigeria
Brutus angustus Rothschild,1900 C.Africa to Uganda in the east and RDC to the south
Brutus alcyone Stoneham,1943 Kenia,Tanzania,Rwanda,Burundi(estern parts)
Brutus roberti Turlin,1987 confined to Pemba Island,of the coast of Kenia/Tanzania
Brutus natalensis Staudinger and Schatz E.Africa from Tanzania to S.Africa

References

  1. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 1868727246. 
  2. ^ Charaxes, funet.fi

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