Charaxes etesipe tavetensis - Scarce forest charaxes

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Charaxes etesipe

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.

Species details:

Note: The image shows a male.
Distribution: This race: coastal Kenya and Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, northern KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeAfzelia quanzensis (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeEntada abyssinica (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaeDalbergia nitidula (Larval foodplant)
PolygalaceaeSecuridaca longepedunculata (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 93.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 110.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Charaxinae, p. 160, Online Encyclopaedia.



Flora of Burundi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Charaxes etesipe tavetensis.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403440, retrieved 3 November 2024

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