Charaxes octavus
Charaxes octavus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic.[3] The habitat consists of tropical forests.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. octavus |
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| Charaxes octavus | |
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Taxonomy
Known from a single specimen from the type locality only. Probably a hybrid of brutus and lucretius.[4]
Charaxes lucretius group.
The members are:
- Charaxes lucretius
- Charaxes octavus
- Charaxes odysseus
- Charaxes lactetinctus
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes octavus.
- Minig, A. 1972. Description d’un nouveau Charaxes [Lep. Nymphalidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 76: 269-270.
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- Ackery, 1995 in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I., et al. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803.
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