Charaxes fuscus
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| Charaxes fuscus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. x fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes x fuscus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charaxes fuscus (Plantrou, 1967)[3] | |
Charaxes x fuscus is a naturally occurring hybrid between two sympatric species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was found in the Central African Republic.[4] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.
Described from a single male collected from Bangui by Plantrou, it is now proven to be the only known example of a naturally occurring hybrid (Charaxes numenes x probably Charaxes cynthia)[5]
