Charaxes protoclea azota

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 protoclea
Subspecies: Charaxes protoclea azota

Name

Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)

Type locality: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay.

Synonyms

• Philognoma azota Hewitson, 1877 (original combination)
• Charaxes azota (Hewitson): Hewitson 1878: 181
• Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson):
• Charaxes calliclea Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Type locality: Kenya, neighbourhood of Mombasa.
• Charaxes nyasana Butler, 1895
  • Type locality: Nyasaland [Malawi], Zomba
• Charaxes protoclea var. aequidistans Gaede, 1916
  • Type locality: Deutsch O.-Afrika [Tanzania], Kisserawe

References

Additional references

• van Someren, V.G.L. 1971: Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 26(4): 181–226. full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.