Charaxes chepalunga

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| authority = van Someren, 1969 Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[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

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Charaxes chepalunga is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south- south-eastern Kenya and north-western Tanzania.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini |access-date=2012-05-24 |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 evergreen and riverine forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina.

Taxonomy

Charaxes chepalunga is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

References

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19545#page/127/mode/1up]

External links

[https://archive.today/20130627235059/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/etheogrp/chepalungu/chepalungu.html African Charaxes/ Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt] chepalungu species page and images
[http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Charaxes%20chepalungu Images] at Bold
[http://www.abdb-africa.org/ African Butterfly Database] Range map via search

Category:Butterflies described in 1969

chepalunga

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Victor Van Someren