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Charaxes margaretae

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Charaxes margaretae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. margaretae
Binomial name
Charaxes margaretae
Rydon, 1980 [1][2]

Charaxes margaretae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Malawi, south-western Tanzania and possibly eastern Zambia.[3]

The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Agelaea heterophylla and Dalbergia lactea.

Taxonomy

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Virtually indistinguishable from Charaxes congdoni in the adult facies but the genitalia differ.

References

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  1. ^ Rydon, A.H.B. 1980. In D’Abrera, 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical region 396 (593 pp.). Melbourne.
  2. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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