Charaxes mycerina

Charaxes mycerina, the mycerina untailed charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests. It is an uncommon species.

Description

Very similar to Charaxes doubledayi and similar to other members of the Charaxes lycurgus group but forewing upperside without marginal marks. Hindwing with almost contiguous blue marginal lines.

Subspecies

• Charaxes mycerina mycerina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
• Charaxes mycerina nausicaa <small>Staudinger, 1891</small> (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bioko)

Taxonomy

Charaxes mycerina is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus. The supposed clade members are:

Clade 1

• Charaxes lycurgus nominate
• Charaxes porthos
• Charaxes zelica

Clade 2

• Charaxes mycerina
• Charaxes doubledayi

References

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127336#page/511/mode/1up

External links

• Images of C. mycerina mycerina Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
• Charaxes mycerina images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes mycerina viettei images at BOLD
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