Charaxes contrarius
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| Charaxes contrarius | |
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| Charaxes contrarius female form conjugens - Kibwezi, Makueni County, Kenya | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. contrarius |
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| Charaxes contrarius Gustav Weymer, 1907[1] | |
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Charaxes contrarius is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
The habitat consists of lowland forests, heavy coastal woodland and riverine vegetation at altitudes of near sea-level up to 700 meters.
The larvae feed on Albizia species.
- C. c. contrarius - Coastal and Eastern parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
- C. c. lukosi Rydon, Congdon & Collins, 2007 [3] - Inland at Kitonga Gorge, Lukosi R., in Udzungwa Mts., Tanzania
