Charaxes plantroui
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. plantroui
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Charaxes plantroui, the pink-washed demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, northern and central Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.[3] The habitat consists of drier forests and dense Guinea savanna. It is locally common in its habitat.[4]
The larvae feed on Albizia zygia, Albizia adianthifolia, Afzelia africana, Griffonia simplicifolia, Andira inermis and Dalbergia saxatilis.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes plantroui.
- ^ Minig, A. 1975 Etude de Charaxes viola viola A.G. Butler et description d’une nouvelle espece. (Lep. Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 80 (3-4): 104-111.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark
External links
[edit]- Images of C. plantroui Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Charaxes plantroui images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life includes paratype
- Charaxes plantroui f. simonae images at BOLD
- Charaxes plantroui guioi images at BOLD guioi?
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