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Charaxes cynthia (Butler, 1866 & 1849)
Subspecies
[
Charaxes
] cynthia cynthia (Butler, 1866 & 1849)
-
lysianassa
(Westwood, 1874)
-
guineensis
(Le Moult, 1933)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
38
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
731
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
438
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWQ
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Clusiaceae
- Garcinia
, [doubtful]
Fabaceae
- Albizia
- Griffonia
Ixonanthaceae
- Klainedoxa
Sapindaceae
- Phialodiscus
Ulmaceae
- Celtis
Clusiaceae
- Garcinia
([doubtful])
Fabaceae
- Albizia
- Griffonia
Ixonanthaceae
- Klainedoxa
Sapindaceae
- Phialodiscus
Ulmaceae
- Celtis
Charaxes cynthia
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011