''Charaxes lemosi'' 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.
The species was described by
James John Joicey and
George Talbot in 1927.
[Four new butterflies from the island of St. Principe. Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G. ''Entomologist'' (1927) 60: 12-16] It is found on the island of
Príncipe
Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census; .
Description
The wingspan of the male is while the female is . Its diet consists mostly of fermented fruits.
Taxonomy
The species has been treated as a subspecies of ''Charaxes lucretius
''Charaxes lucretius'', the violet-washed charaxes or common red charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Description
''Ch. lucretius'' Cr. male. Wings above black with slight bluish reflection; forewing rust-brown in the cell and at th ...
'' by some authorities eg Gabriel (1932) and van Someren (1957).
References
External links
''Charaxes lemosi'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Butterflies described in 1927
lemosi
Endemic fauna of Príncipe
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by James John Joicey
Taxa named by George Talbot (entomologist)
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