Charaxes affinis

Charaxes affinis affinis, ♂, N. Sulawesi, Project Wallace material, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Charaxinae
Tribus: Charaxini
Genus: Charaxes
Species: Charaxes affinis
Subspecies: C. b. affinis – C. b. butongensis – C. b. spadix

Name

Charaxes affinis Butler, 1865.

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi.

Hoilotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Charaxes affinis Butler, 1865: 636, pl. 37, fig. 4 ♂; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 185.
• Charaxes parmenion Felder, 1867: 439.
• Charaxes demonax Felder, 1867: 440.
• Charaxes wallacei Butler, 1872: 100, pl. 38, fig. 2.
• Nymphalis affinis (Butler); Pagenstecher, 1897.

References

• Butler, A.G. 1865. Monograph of the species of Charaxes, a genus of diurnal lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 622–639, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R., 2003. The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, Leiden.

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