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Charaxes jahlusa (Pearl-spotted Emperor)

Synonyms: Nymphalis jahlusa

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pearl-spotted Emperor or Pearl Spotted Charaxes (Charaxes jahlusa) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa. The wingspan is 43–56 mm in males and 50–62 mm in females. Flight period is from October to March, some species are year-round. Larvae feed on Pappea capensis, Dalbergia melanoxylon, and Haplocoelum foliosum.
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Infraspecies

Charaxes jahlusa argynnides
Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis
Charaxes jahlusa jahlusa
Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis
Charaxes jahlusa mafiae
Charaxes jahlusa pembana
Charaxes jahlusa rex
Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis

Prey / Diet

Dalbergia melanoxylon (African Ebony)[1]

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.
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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