Charaxes mars

Charaxes mars, ♂, N. Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone Nat. Pk., 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 mars

Name

Charaxes mars Staudinger, 1885.

Type locality: Indonesia, N. Sulawesi, Minahassa.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonyms

• Charaxes mars Staudinger, 1885: 172; Nieuwenhuis, 1959; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 186.
• Charaxes mars var. dohertyi Rothschild, 1892: 437, pl. 6, fig. 2. S. Sulawesi, Maros.
• Charaxes mars dohertyi Rothschild; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900: 345. Synonymised in Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 186.

References

• Nieuwenhuis, E. J., 1959. On the female of Charaxes mars mars Stgr. (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam. 19: 37–40.
• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884-1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth.
• Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R., 2003. The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, Leiden.

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