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Species of butterfly

Charaxes williami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. williami
Binomial name
Charaxes williami
Henning, 2002

Charaxes williami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Zambia. The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and fermenting sap from injured trees.

The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla.

References

  1. Henning, S.F. , 2002 in Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i-xvii, 1-137.
  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 2012-05-24.
  4. Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine

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Taxon identifiers
Charaxes williami


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