Английская Википедия:Charaxes dilutus
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Charaxes dilutus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Angola.[1] The habitat consists of tropical evergreen forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Albizia adianthifolia and Scutia species.
Notes on the biology of dilutus are given by Kielland, J. (1990). [2]
Description
dilutus Rothsch. is somewhat larger [than Charaxes eupale , with the apical half of the forewing light green, less sharply defined proximally and terminating at or before the end of vein 1. Hindwing without dark marginal line and with the submarginal spots smaller or indistinct. In the interior of the Congo region and in Nyassaland.[3]
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 512 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
Subspecies
- Charaxes dilutus dilutus (Malawi, Zambia, eastern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern and western Tanzania)
- Charaxes dilutus amanica Collins, 1990[4] (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Charaxes dilutus kasitu White & Grant, 1989 [5] (Malawi: west-central to the Dzelanyama Range) synonym for Charaxes eupale[6]
- Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974.[7] (central Kenya, Uganda: south-west to Kigezi, Sudan) synonym for Charaxes eupale[6]
Similar species
Charaxes dilutus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are
- Charaxes subornatus
- Charaxes eupale
- Charaxes dilutus
- Charaxes montis
- Charaxes minor
- Charaxes schiltzei
- Charaxes schultzei
- Charaxes virescens
Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the eupale species group.[8]
Realm
References
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- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [3]
- Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologica Africana Hors Série 3:1-32.
External links
- ssp. diluta African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
- ssp. amanica African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt
- African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt images of eupale group
- Charaxes dilutus dilutus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Charaxes dilutus amanica images at BOLD
- Charaxes dilutus kasitu images at BOLD
- Charaxes dilutus veneris images at BOLD
- Images of C. dilutus amanica Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. dilutus ngonga (Albertine Rift Project)
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search (noting synonymy above on this page)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Kielland, J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
- ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Шаблон:PD-notice
- ↑ Collins,S.C. in Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania 338 (363 pp.). Melbourne
- ↑ White, R.S., & Grant, T.A. 1989. Descriptions of two new subspecies of Charaxes dilutus Rothschild from Malawi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 89 (3-4): 35-39.
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<ref>; для сносокBouyer, Zakharov, Rougerie & Vingerhoedtне указан текст - ↑ Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8): 415-487.
- ↑ Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E.V., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. 2008: Les Charaxes du groupe eupale: description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Entomologia Africana Hors Série 3: 1–32.
