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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 | |
Charaxes fuscus (Plantrou, 1967)[3] |
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]
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.[6]