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Charaxes violetta (Violetspotted butterfly)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Violet-spotted Emperor or Violet-spotted Charaxes (Charaxes violetta) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 75–85 mm in females. Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June. Larvae feed on Blighia (Blighia unijugata) and Deinbollia species.
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Infraspecies

Charaxes violetta maritima
Charaxes violetta melloni
Charaxes violetta meru
Charaxes violetta violetta

Prey / Diet

Afzelia quanzensis (Mahogany Bean)[1]
Blighia unijugata (Triangle Tops)[1]
Brachystegia spiciformis[1]
Deinbollia kilimandscharica[1]

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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