Charaxes saperanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa.[3] The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. saperanus
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The larvae feed on Allophylus species.
Taxonomy edit
Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are:
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens - very similar to varanes
- Charaxes acuminatus - very pointed forewing
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes nicati
- Charaxes bertrami - perhaps subspecies of varanes
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes defulvata
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Charaxes saperanus.
- ^ Poulton, E.B. 1926 Mimicry in African butterflies of the genus Charaxes, with a classification of the species. III. Internationaler Entomologen-Kongress 2: 518-575.
- ^ "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 2012-05-22.
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