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Charaxes castor (Cramer, [1775])
Subspecies
[
Charaxes
] castor castor (Cramer, [1775])
-
godarti
(Aurivillius, 1898)
-
aginga
(Stoneham, 1931)
-
severus
(Biederman, 1935)
-
flavimarginalis
(Stoneham, 1936)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
50
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
736
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:
Celastraceae
- Elaeodendron
- Gymnosporia
- Maytenus
Euphorbiaceae
- Bridelia
- Tragia
Fabaceae
- Afzelia
- Bauhinia
- Brachystegia
- Cassia
- Entada
- Erythrina
Iridaceae
- Iris
Poaceae
- Sorghum
Ulmaceae
- Chaetacme
- Trema
Verbenaceae
- Gmelina
Celastraceae
- Elaeodendron
- Gymnosporia
- Maytenus
Euphorbiaceae
- Bridelia
- Tragia
Fabaceae
- Afzelia
- Bauhinia
- Brachystegia
- Cassia
- Entada
- Erythrina
Iridaceae
- Iris
Poaceae
- Sorghum
Ulmaceae
- Chaetacme
- Trema
Verbenaceae
- Gmelina
Records
1.
^
Larsen (2010)
2.
^
Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011