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Charaxes druceanus (Butterfly)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Silver-barred Emperor or Silver-barred Charaxes (Charaxes druceanus) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa. The wingspan is 55–70 mm in males and 65–85 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round. The larvae feed on various Syzygium species (including Syzygium cordatum and Syzygium guineense), Bersama abyssinica, Eugenia species, and Schefflera goetzenii.
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Infraspecies

Charaxes druceanus cinadon
Charaxes druceanus druceanus
Charaxes druceanus entabeni
Charaxes druceanus katamayu
Charaxes druceanus moerens
Charaxes druceanus nebularum
Charaxes druceanus obscura
Charaxes druceanus proximans
Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis
Charaxes druceanus stevensoni
Charaxes druceanus tectonis
Charaxes druceanus teita
Charaxes druceanus vivianae

Prey / Diet

Astropanax goetzenii[1]
Eugenia mandevillensis[2]
Protea nitida (Wagon tree)[2]
Syzygium cordatum[2]
Syzygium guineense[2]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit 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