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Charaxes cithaeron (Bluespotted butterfly)

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The Blue-spotted Emperor or Blue-spotted Charaxes (Charaxes cithaeron) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-east Africa. The wingspan is 70–80 mm in males and 85–95 mm in females. Flight period is year-round. Larvae feed on Trema orientalis, Albizia adianthifolia, Celtis africana, Cola natalensis, Chaerachme aristata, Bafia racemosa, Afzelia quanzensis, Milletia sutherlandi, Maytenus senegalensis, and Craibia brevecaudatus.
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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.
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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