| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes saperanus Poulton, 1926 | |
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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. The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.
The larvae feed on Allophylus species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are:
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens - very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus - very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami - perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
References
- Poulton, E.B. 1926 Mimicry in African butterflies of the genus Charaxes, with a classification of the species. III. Internationaler Entomologen-Kongress 2: 518-575.
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
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| Charaxes saperanus | |
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