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<i>Charaxes balfourii</i>

Charaxes balfourii

Species of butterfly

Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.[3] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 metres (1,600 and 3,300 ft).

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Description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

Etymology

The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.

References

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  1. [1]
    Butler, A.G. 1881. On the lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I.B. Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 175-180.
  2. [2]
    Charaxes balfouri, Site of Markku Savela
  3. [3]
    "Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-22.


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