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| Species: | C. imperialis
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| Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874[1]
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Charaxes imperialis, the Imperial Blue Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests
The larvae probably feed on Sapindaceae species.
Subspecies
- Charaxes imperialis imperialis (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin)
- Charaxes imperialis albipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1920 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Charaxes imperialis dargei Collins, 1989 (southern Congo)
- Charaxes imperialis graziellae Turlin, 1989 (Tanzania: north-west to the Mumwendo Forest)
- Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis van Someren, 1975 (north-eastern Zambia, Tanzania: Kigoma)
- Charaxes imperialis nathaliae Canu, 1989 (Bioko)
- Charaxes imperialis pauliani Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 (Democratic Republic of Congo: south to Lualaba)
- Charaxes imperialis ugandicus van Someren, 1972 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: north Kivu)
- Charaxes imperialis werneri Turlin, 1989 (Rwanda: Nyungwe Forest)
References
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- ^ Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini