Charaxes lucyae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[3]

Charaxes lucyae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. lucyae
Binomial name
Charaxes lucyae
Synonyms
  • Charaxes eudoxus lucyae van Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes eudoxus mwanihanae Kielland, 1982

Very close to Charaxes eudoxus but with more dentate wing margins and longer tails; there are also minor differences in the genitalia [4]

The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests.

Subspecies

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  • Charaxes lucyae lucyae (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes lucyae gabriellae Turlin & Chovet, 1987[5] (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Charaxes lucyae mwanihanae Kielland, 1982[6] (eastern Tanzania)
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Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision,[7] corroborated by phylogenetic research, allow a more rational grouping congruent with cladistic relationships. Within a well-populated clade of 27 related species sharing a common ancestor approximately 16 mya during the Miocene,[8] 26 are now considered together as The jasius Group.[7] One of the two lineages within this clade forms a robust monophyletic group of seven species sharing a common ancestor approximately 2-3 mya, i.e. during the Pliocene,[8] and are considered as the jasius subgroup.[7] The second lineage leads to 19 other species within the Jasius group, which are split into three well-populated subgroups of closely related species.

The jasius Group (26 Species):[7]

Clade 1: jasius subgroup (7 species)

Clade 2: contains the well-populated three additional subgroups (19 species) of the jasius Group: called the brutus, pollux, and eudoxus subgroups.[7]

Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing Charaxes taxa is required to improve clarity.

References

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  1. ^ van Someren, V.G.L. 1975. Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3): 65-136.
  2. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  4. ^ Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
  5. ^ Turlin, B., & Chovet, G. 1987. Etude d’un probleme taxonomique pose par des Charaxes africains du groupe eudoxus (Drury) (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Société Scientifique Naturelle No. 54: 5-12.
  6. ^ Kielland, J. 1982 Three new races of Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Lambillionea 81 (9-12): 86-90.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Turlin, B. (2005). Bauer & Frankenbach (ed.). Butterflies of the World: Charaxes 1. Vol. 22. Keltern: Goecke & Evers. pp. 2–3. ISBN 3937783156.
  8. ^ a b "Out of Africa again: A phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on five gene regions" Archived 2019-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Aduse-Poku, Vingerhoedt, Wahlberg. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2009) 53;463–478
  • van Someren, V.G.L., 1975 Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3):65-136.[1]
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