Charaxes etesipe

Charaxes etesipe
Charaxes etesipe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. etesipe
Binomial name
Charaxes etesipe
(Godart, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis etesipe Godart, 1824
  • Nymphalis etheta Godart, 1824

The Savannah Charaxes or Scarce Forest Emperor (Charaxes etesipe) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in tropical Africa.

The wingspan is 35-38 mm for males and 37-40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to October and from March to June. There are two generations per year.[2]

The larvae of ssp. tavetensis feed on Afzelia quanzensis, Dalbergia nitidula, Securidaca longipeduncularis and Margaritaria discoidea. Other subspecies have been recorded on Entada and Afzelia quanzensis.

Subspecies

  • Charaxes etesipe etesipe (Sierra Leone, Ivory coast, Liberia, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, southern Chad, southern Sudan, northern Angola, Uganda, northern Kenya)
  • Charaxes etesipe abyssinicus Rothschild & Jordan, 1900 (Ethiopia (West of Rift))
  • Charaxes etesipe gordoni van Someren, 1935 (Kenya (north-eastern side of Mounnt Kenya))
  • Charaxes etesipe patrizii Storace, 1949 (Somalia)
  • Charaxes etesipe pemba van Someren, 1966 (Pemba Island)
  • Charaxes etesipe shaba Berger, 1981 (Zaire (Shaba))
  • Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894 (Malawi, Mozambique, coast of Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa)
  • Charaxes etesipe hercules Turlin & Lequeux, 2002 (Uganda)

References

  1. ^ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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