Charaxes williami
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| authority = Henning, 2002 Henning, S.F. , 2002 in Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i-xvii, 1-137.[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 williami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Zambia.{{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 }}Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)[http://nymphalidae.utu.fi/Nymphalidae/Afrispecies.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103150729/http://nymphalidae.utu.fi/Nymphalidae/Afrispecies.htm# |date=2013-11-03 }} The habitat consists of evergreen forests.
Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and fermenting sap from injured trees.
The larvae feed on Acacia amythethophylla.
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External links
- [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=99639 BOLD images] Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Category:Butterflies described in 2002
Category:Endemic fauna of Zambia
Category:Butterflies of Africa
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