Charaxes castor

Charaxes castor
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Charaxes castor
Clasificación científica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Arthropoda
Clase: Insecta
Orden: Lepidoptera
(sin clasif.): Rhopalocera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea
Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Charaxinae
Tribu: Charaxini
Género: Charaxes
Especie: C. castor
Nombre binomial
Charaxes castor
(Cramer, [1775])

Charaxes castor, es una especie de lepidóptero perteneciente a la familia Nymphalidae. Es originaria de África.[1]

Tiene una envergadura de alas de 75–85 mm en los machos y 85–105 mm en las hembras. El periode de vuelo abarca todo el año, pero es mas común en verano y otoño.[2]

La larvas se alimentan de Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia spp., Gymnosporia spp., Maytenus senegalensis, Scotia brachypetala, Bredelia micrantha y Cassia fistula.[2] [1]

Subespecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • C. c. arthuri van Someren, 1971
  • C. c. castor (Cramer, [1775])
  • C. c. comoranus Rothschild, 1903
  • C. c. flavifasciatus Butler, 1895

Referencias

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

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