''Charaxes martini'' 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

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

. The habitat consists of

riparian forests A riparian forest or riparian woodland is a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, sink or reservoir. Etymology The term riparian comes from the Latin word '' ...

. The larvae feed on '' Diospyros natalensis natalensis''.

Taxonomy

''Charaxes martini'' is a member of the large species group ''Charaxes etheocles''.

Subspecies

*''Charaxes martini martini'' (Malawi: Mount Mlanje) *''Charaxes martini helenae'' Henning, 1982 Henning, S.F. 1982. Description and biology of a new subspecies of ''Charaxes martini '' van Someren from Zomba Mountain, Malawi, and a description of the early stages of ''Charaxes martini martini'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). ''Miscellanea Entomologica'' 49: 93-97.(Malawi: west and north of the Zomba Plateau)

References

* Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-10

* Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. ''Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History'' (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487

Additional notes

External links

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