Charaxes congdoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. congdoni
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Charaxes congdoni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Tanzania (the uplands from Mufindi to Mwanihana) and Malawi.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Charaxes congdoni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
Closest to Charaxes nyikensis and Charaxes alpinus . Also very similar to Charaxes margaretae. Similar to Charaxes mccleeryi but smaller and with shorter tails (many mccleeryi are virtually indistinguishable from congdoni in the adult facies but the genitalia differ). [5]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes congdoni.
- ^ Collins, S. C in Henning, S.F. 1988 [1989]. The Charaxinae butterflies of Africa. Aloe Books, Johannesburg, 1-457.
- ^ Collins, 1989 in Mark C. Williams Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007 Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kielland, J. 1990 . Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
External links
[edit]- Charaxes congdoni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt taxonomy, images
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