Charaxes cacuthis
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| image = Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Charaxes III.jpg
| image_caption = Figures 12 and 13
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| taxon = Charaxes cacuthis
| authority = Hewitson, 1863 Hewitson , W.C. 1862-1866. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 3: iv, [1-124].London.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/charaxes/ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| synonyms = *Charaxes antanala Lucas, 1872
}}
Charaxes cacuthis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini |access-date=2012-05-23 |archive-date=2013-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of lowland and coastal forests.
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Charaxes cacuthis down290209.jpg |verso
Description
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A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267025/#page/295/mode/1up] page 457-458 as subspecies of Charaxes etesipe (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/9/mode/1up])
Seitz- Very similar to Charaxes etesipe In the male, however, the blue transverse band
is continuous and about {{convert|8|mm}}. in breadth, not narrowed anteriorly; the blue spots in cellules la and lb on the forewing are about 6 mm. in breadth and joined together into a band. The female is distinguished by having the broad median band of the upper surface white on the hindwing and to
vein 2 or 3 of the forewing, thence orange-yellow to the costal margin of the forewing. Madagascar.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.{{PD-notice}}
The tails of both sexes are longer than those of any other members of the etesipe group.
Life history
The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.
Realm
Classification
Closely related to Charaxes penricei and Charaxes etesipe Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
Charaxes cacuthis is a member of the species group Charaxes etesipe.
The clade members are:
- Charaxes etesipe nominate
- Charaxes penricei
- Charaxes achaemenes
- Charaxes paradoxa
- Charaxes cacuthis
- Charaxes bwete
- Charaxes cristalensis
References
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{{Reflist}}
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1966). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)45-101.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19523#page/77/mode/1up]
External links
- [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=98116 Charaxes cacuthis images] at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- [http://www.abdb-africa.org/ African Butterfly Database] Range map via search
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Category:Butterflies described in 1863
Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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