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Charaxes achaemenes (Bushveld Emperor)

Synonyms: Charaxes jocaste; Nymphalis iocaste

Wikipedia Abstract

The Bushveld Emperor or Bush Charaxes (Charaxes achaemenes) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in across Africa. The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–70 mm in females. Flight period is year-round. Larvae feed on Pterocarpus rotundifolius, Pterocarpus angolensis, Xanthocercis zambesiaca, Dalbergia boehmii, Piliostigma thonningii, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Dalbergia nitidula, and Brachystegia spiciformis.
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Infraspecies

Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes
Charaxes achaemenes atlantica
Charaxes achaemenes erythraea
Charaxes achaemenes fasciatus
Charaxes achaemenes iocaste
Charaxes achaemenes monticola

Prey / Diet

Predators

Alcimus longipes[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0