Charaxes chunguensis

Charaxes chunguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. chunguensis
Binomial name
Charaxes chunguensis
White & Grant, 1986[1]

Charaxes chunguensis is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes from 1,700 to 2,200 meters.

The larvae possibly feed on Albizia species.

Taxonomy

Considered a good species but very close to Charaxes mccleeryi.[3]

References

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