''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini]
/ref> The habitat consists of thornbush savanna (thornbush = ''Vachellia
''Vachellia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or acacias. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Its species were considered members of genus ''Acacia'' until 2009. ''Vachellia'' can ...
'').
The larvae feed on '' Albizia'' species.
References
External links
''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' f. ''carolinae'' images
at BOLD
''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' f. ''galawadiwosi'' images
at BOLD
''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' f. ''genovefae'' images
at BOLD
''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' f. ''katema'' images
at BOLD
''Charaxes galawadiwosi'' f. ''leonardi'' images
at BOLD
Butterflies described in 1979
galawadiwosi
Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
Butterflies of Africa
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