Charaxes martini
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| authority = van Someren, 1966 Van Someren, V.G.L. 1966. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 18: 45-101.[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 martini is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini |access-date=2012-05-25 |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 riparian forests.
The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis natalensis.
Taxonomy
Charaxes martini is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
Subspecies
- Charaxes martini martini (Malawi: Mount Mlanje)
- Charaxes martini helenae Henning, 1982 Henning, S.F. 1982. Description and biology of a new subspecies of Charaxes martini van Someren from Zomba Mountain, Malawi, and a description of the early stages of Charaxes martini martini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Miscellanea Entomologica 49: 93-97.(Malawi: west and north of the Zomba Plateau)
References
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- 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]
- Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127336#page/511/mode/1up] Additional notes
External links
- [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=100218 Charaxes martini martini images] at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Category:Butterflies described in 1966
Category:Endemic fauna of Malawi
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Victor Van Someren
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