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Charaxes balfouri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. balfouri
Binomial name
Charaxes balfouri

Butler, 1881 [1][2]

Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.[3] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 metres (1,600 and 3,300 ft).

Description[edit]

A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. [1] page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])

Taxonomy[edit]

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

Etymology[edit]

The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes balfourii.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes balfourii.
  1. ^ Butler, A.G. 1881. On the lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I.B. Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 175-180.
  • ^ Charaxes balfouri, Site of Markku Savela
  • ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.

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