Charaxes chunguensis
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| authority = White & Grant, 1986 White, R.S., & Grant, T.A. 1986. A new species of Charaxes from Tanzania (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae, Charaxinae). Lambillionea 86 (11-12): 133-136 [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 chunguensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in 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 montane forests at altitudes from 1,700 to 2,200 meters.
The larvae possibly feed on Albizia species.
Taxonomy
It is considered a good species but very close to Charaxes mccleeryi.{{cite web|url= http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/etheogrp/chunguensis/chunguensis.html|title= African Charaxes/ Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130628012557/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/etheogrp/chunguensis/chunguensis.html|archivedate= 2013-06-28}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=100235 Charaxes chunguensis 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 1986
Category:Endemic fauna of Tanzania
Category:Butterflies of Africa
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