Charaxes hadrianus

Charaxes hadrianus, the Hadrian's white charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Charaxes hadrianus
Charaxes hadrianus, upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. hadrianus
Binomial name
Charaxes hadrianus
Ward, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes dux Staudinger, 1886
  • Charaxes gabonica Crowley, 1890
  • Charaxes hadrianus orientalis Mollet, 1975
  • Charaxes hadrianus molleti Koçak, 1996

Taxonomy

Charaxes hadrianus is the sole member of the Charaxes hadrianus group.

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, south-western Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[1][2][3] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.

Description
Male from CAR

Charaxes hadrianus has a wingspan reaching about 90 millimetres (3.5 in). The upperside of the forewings is white, with a brown basal area and a black apical part showing several white spots. The underside of the forewings is grey, with a large black eyespot. The upperside of the hindwings is white, with black outer margins. The underside of the hindwings is crossed vertically midway by a red band, with a row of small black spot on the outer margin.[4]

Biology

The larvae feed on Ourateaspecies (Ouratea reticulata)[1] and Ochna species.

References
  1. "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  3. African Butterfly Database
  4. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine – Vol. VII


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