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Charaxes saperanus
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charaxes saperanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa.[3] The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.
The larvae feed on Allophylus species.
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Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are:
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens - very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus - very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami - perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
References
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