Violet-spotted emperor | |
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Male figures 1 and 2, female figure 8 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. violetta
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes violetta
Grose-Smith, 1885.
[1]
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Charaxes violetta, the violet-spotted emperor or violet-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. [2]
Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June. [3]
Larvae feed on Blighia unijugata and Deinbollia species. [2] [3]
The wingspan is 65–70 mm for males and 75–85 mm for females. Both sexes above almost exactly like the corresponding sexes of cithaeron, but differing in the presence of a fine, nearly straight transverse line in the middle of the hindwing beneath, distally margined with white, in the male narrowly, in the female for a breadth of 2–3 mm. Delagoa Bay to Nyassaland and Mombasa.Larva green, sprinkled with minute yellowish dots; horns on the head bluish or violet; the dorsal spots grey or rust-coloured. [4]
Listed alphabetically: [2]
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013. [7]
Violet-spotted emperor | |
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Male figures 1 and 2, female figure 8 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. violetta
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes violetta
Grose-Smith, 1885.
[1]
|
Charaxes violetta, the violet-spotted emperor or violet-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. [2]
Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June. [3]
Larvae feed on Blighia unijugata and Deinbollia species. [2] [3]
The wingspan is 65–70 mm for males and 75–85 mm for females. Both sexes above almost exactly like the corresponding sexes of cithaeron, but differing in the presence of a fine, nearly straight transverse line in the middle of the hindwing beneath, distally margined with white, in the male narrowly, in the female for a breadth of 2–3 mm. Delagoa Bay to Nyassaland and Mombasa.Larva green, sprinkled with minute yellowish dots; horns on the head bluish or violet; the dorsal spots grey or rust-coloured. [4]
Listed alphabetically: [2]
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013. [7]