Charaxes saperanus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
Tribe: | Charaxini |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. saperanus
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes saperanus | |
Synonyms | |
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Charaxes saperanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa. [3] The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.
The larvae feed on Allophylus species.
Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are: