Charaxes lecerfi, the Le Cerf's white charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly southern Nigeria.[3] The habitat consists of evergreen forests. It is a local and rare species.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. lecerfi
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The name honours Ferdinand Le Cerf.
Taxonomy edit
Ranked as a subspecies of Charaxes hadrianus by Vingerhoedt.[5]
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charaxes lecerfi.
Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes lecerfi.
- ^ Lathy, P.I. 1925. Notes sur les Charaxes de la collection de Madam G. Fournier Encyclopedie Entomologique (B.3 Lepidoptera) 1: 93-97.
- ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ Larsen, T.B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1-595.
- ^ "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16.
External links edit
- Images of C. lecerfi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
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