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Charaxes brutus (Cramer, [1779])
Subspecies
[
Charaxes
] brutus brutus (Cramer, [1779])
-
cajus
(Herbst, 1790)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
45
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
737
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
436
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
DRF
:
Centered on the drier forests, including riverine and forest/savannah transition
DRF
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWT
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Euphorbiaceae
- Flueggea
- Securinega
Meliaceae
- Ekebergia
- Entandrophragma
- Khaya
- Lepidotrichilia
- Melia
- Trichilia
- Turraea
Melianthaceae
- Bersama
Sapindaceae
- Allophylus
- Blighia
- Phialodiscus
Tiliaceae
- Grewia
Euphorbiaceae
- Flueggea
- Securinega
Meliaceae
- Ekebergia
- Entandrophragma
- Khaya
- Lepidotrichilia
- Melia
- Trichilia
- Turraea
Melianthaceae
- Bersama
Sapindaceae
- Allophylus
- Blighia
- Phialodiscus
Tiliaceae
- Grewia
Charaxes brutus
Photographer: Henk Hunneman
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011