Charaxes virescens
| Charaxes virescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. virescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes virescens | |
Charaxes virescens is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Shaba region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4]
Similar species
[edit]Charaxes virescens is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:
- Charaxes subornatus
- Charaxes eupale
- Charaxes dilutus
- Charaxes montis
- Charaxes minor
- Charaxes schiltzei
- Charaxes schultzei
- Charaxes virescens
Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the eupale species group.[5]
Realm
[edit]References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes virescens.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes virescens.
- ^ Bouyer, T. 1991. Nouvelles especes de Charaxes d'Afrique centrale. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 91 (4) (Tome I): 313-317.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Bouyer, T. (1991) Nouvelles espèces de Charaxes d'Afrique centrale. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 91 (4):313-317.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E.V., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. 2008: Les Charaxes du groupe eupale: description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Entomologia Africana Hors Série 3: 1–32.
- Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologica Africana Hors Série 3:1-32.
External links
[edit]- Images of C. virescens Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes Africains systematic of Eric Vingerhoedt Taxonomy
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt images of eupale group
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