Charaxes paradoxa
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| authority = Lathy, 1925 Lathy, P.I. 1925. Notes sur les Charaxes de la collection de Madam G. Fournier Encyclopedie Entomologique (B.3 Lepidoptera) 1: 93-97.[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 etesipe paradoxa Lathy, 1925
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Charaxes paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Grande Comore.{{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 forests.
The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.
Taxonomy
Charaxes paradoxa 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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External links
- [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=192874 Charaxes paradoxa images] at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Category:Butterflies described in 1925
Category:Endemic fauna of the Comoros
Category:Taxa named by Percy Ireland Lathy
Category:Butterflies of Africa
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