Charaxes berkeleyi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[3]
Description
Similar, externally, to Charaxes aubyni but the genitalia are distinctive. Compared to Charaxes aubyni the male forewing has bluer marginal spots are and the underside is darker; in the female the forewing has two rows of pale yellow to ochreous spots and a white, blue-bordered median band which is narrower than in Charaxes aubyni There are two female forms: a common form with brownish underside and yellowish spots on the upperside and form ngonga which has a whitish median band on upperside and a silvery grey underside with strongly contrasted black markings. [4]
Biology
The habitat consists of montane and riverine forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Scutia myrtina, Ochna holstii and Ochna insculpta.
Taxonomy
Charaxes berkeleyi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Subspecies
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Charaxes berkeleyi berkeleyi (central and southern Kenya, northern Tanzania)
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Charaxes berkeleyi marci Congdon & Collins, 1998[5] (northern Tanzania)
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Charaxes berkeleyi masaba van Someren, 1969[6] (Kenya: west to the area ranging from Kaptagat to the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon)
References
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^ Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E. 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58.
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^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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^ Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
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^ Congdon , C., & Collins, S. 1998. Kielland’s butterflies of Tanzania. Supplement. African Butterfly Research Institute & Union des Entomologistes Belges, Nairobi & Tervuren, 143 pp.
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^ Van Someren, V.G.L. 1969. Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 23: 75-166.
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Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)45-101.[1]
- Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[2] Additional notes
