Charaxes barnsi
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| Charaxes barnsi | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. barnsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes barnsi | |
Charaxes barnsi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[3] It is found on the island of Príncipe.[2][4] The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927. Charaxes barnsi is a large butterfly with a brown ground colour and a very wide metallic blue band punctuated by light blue (tinged violet).The male is a little smaller than the female which reaches 105 mm.[citation needed] It is considered part of the Charaxes tiridates group.[5]
References
- ↑ Joicey, J.J., & Talbot, G. 1927. Four new butterflies from the island of St. Principe. Entomologist 60: 12–16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 21 January 2019.
- ↑ Williams, Mark C. (2008). "Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): File H – Charaxinae (Nymphalidae)". Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ↑ Vingerhoedt, Eric (2013). "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
External links
- Charaxes barnsi images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- African Butterfly Database Range map via search
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