Charaxes octavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. octavus
Binomial name
Charaxes octavus
Minig, 1972 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes patergodarti Neidhoefer, 1972

Charaxes octavus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic.[3] The habitat consists of tropical forests.

Taxonomy

Known from a single specimen from the type locality only. Probably a hybrid of brutus and lucretius.[4]

Charaxes lucretius group.

The members are:

References

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  1. ↑ Minig, A. 1972. Description d’un nouveau Charaxes [Lep. Nymphalidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 76: 269-270.
  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 2012-05-22.
  4. ↑ Ackery, 1995 in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I., et al. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803.


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