''Charaxes virescens'' 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 Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found in Shaba in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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Similar species

''Charaxes virescens'' is in the ''Charaxes eupale'' species group (

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

). The clade members are: *'' Charaxes subornatus'' *'' Charaxes eupale'' *''

Charaxes dilutus ''Charaxes dilutus'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Angola. The habitat consists of tropical evergreen forests. The larvae feed on ''Albizia gum ...

'' *'' Charaxes montis'' *'' Charaxes minor'' *''

Charaxes schiltzei ''Charaxes schiltzei'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Similar species ''Charaxes subornatus'' is in the '' Charaxes eupale'' species group (clade). The ...

'' *'' Charaxes schultzei'' *''Charaxes virescens'' Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus ''Viridixes'' Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the ''eupale'' species group. Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E.V., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. 2008: Les Charaxes du groupe eupale: description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae).'' Entomologia Africana'' Hors Série 3: 1–32.

Realm

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

References

*Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe ''eupale'' : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) ''Entomologica Africana'' Hors Série 3:1-32.

External links

Images of ''C. virescens''

Royal Museum for Central Africa The Royal Museum for Central Africa or RMCA ( nl, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika or KMMA; french: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale or MRAC; german: Königliches Museum für Zentralafrika or KMZA), also officially known as the AfricaMuse ...

(Albertine Rift Project)
Charaxes Africains systematic of Eric Vingerhoedt
Taxonomy

images of ''eupale'' group Butterflies described in 1991 virescens Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Butterflies of Africa {{Charaxinae-stub