Charaxes tiridates | Butler, 1886 |
TL: (800 - 1500 m.)
Habitat
- Savanna
Similar species
75 - 85 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name English
Common Blue Charaxes
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cannabaceae Celtis africana White Stinkwood Cannabaceae Chaetachme Thorny elm Fabaceae Afzelia africana Afzelia Fabaceae Albizia Silk plants Fabaceae Berlinia Fabaceae Cassia Fabaceae Dalbergia Fabaceae Indigofera macrophylla Fabaceae Lonchocarpus Fabaceae Macrolobium Fabaceae Millettia Fabaceae Pterocarpus Malvaceae Bombax buonopozense Gold Coast bombax Malvaceae Grewia Malvaceae Hibiscus Rosemallow Salicaceae Flacourtia indica Ramontchi Santalaceae Osyris lanceolata Ulmaceae Trema
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- Subspecies
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Species Author Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates choveti Turlin, 1998 Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates marginatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates tiridates (Cramer, 1777) Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
- Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates is a member of the clade Charaxes tiridates:
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Species Author Charaxes (Charaxes) ameliae Doumet, 1861 Charaxes (Charaxes) barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Charaxes (Charaxes) bipunctatus Rothschild, 1894 Charaxes (Charaxes) bohemani C. & R. Felder, 1859 Charaxes (Charaxes) cithaeron C. & R. Felder, 1859 Charaxes (Charaxes) fuscus Plantrou, 1967 Charaxes (Charaxes) imperialis Butler, 1874 Charaxes (Charaxes) mixtus Rothschild, 1894 Charaxes (Charaxes) monteiri Staudinger, 1885 Charaxes (Charaxes) nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes Hewitson, 1859 Charaxes (Charaxes) overlaeti Schouteden, 1934 Charaxes (Charaxes) pythodoris Hewitson, 1873 Charaxes (Charaxes) smaragdalis Butler, 1865 Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates Butler, 1886 Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta Grose-Smith, 1885 Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares (Stoll, 1781)
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database
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