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Charaxes saperanus

Charaxes saperanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. saperanus
Binomial name
Charaxes saperanus
Poulton, 1926
Synonyms
  • Charaxes varanes var. comoranus Aurivillius, 1909

Charaxes saperanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa. The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations.

The larvae feed on Allophylus species.

Charaxes varanes group.
Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are:



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