Charaxes castor, the giant emperor or giant charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Afrotropical realm below the Sahel.[3]
The flight period is year-round but more common in late summer to autumn.[4]
The wingspan is 75–85 mm in males and 85–105 mm in females. The ground-colour of the upper surface deep black, as in Charaxes brutus ; the median band is light ochre-yellow, on the forewing anteriorly double, being composed in cellules 2—6 of two more or less completely separated spots, on the hindwing short and triangular, reaching at most to vein 3. On the under surface the white-bordered markings of the basal area are deep black. — castor Cr. has a light orange-yellow median band and the light marginal spots of the forewing are absent or very small; the ground-colour of the under surface is in the basal part red-brown or pure black (= ab. godarti Auriv.). Senegambia to the Congo and Uganda. — flavifasciatus Btlr. is the East African race, which occurs from Delagoa Bay and Nyassaland to Somaliland and only differs in the lighter median band and the more distinct marginal spots on the upperside of the forewing; in this form also the ground-colour in the basal part of the under surface is sometimes red-brown, sometimes pure black (= ab. reimeri Rothsch.). — comoranus Rothsch. agrees with the West African form as regards the colour of the discal band on the upper surface, but differs in the transverse band which accompanies the white discal band of the upper surface on its distal side; this is yellow on the forewing and red-brown on the hindwing and — unlike that of all the continental forms — broken up into spots. Island of Great Comoro.[5]
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 436 et seq. (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
C. castor Female dorsal, from Maka, Central African Republic
C. castor Male ventral, from the Central African Republic
C. castor male
Life-sized colour plates and description of the larval and pupal stages of C. castor and additional related species, illustrated by Dr. V. G. L. van Someren, are readily available.[6]
The habitat is forest and savanna. Notes on the biology of castor are given by Pringle et al (1994), Larsen, T.B. (1991), Larsen, T.B. (2005) and Kielland, J. (1990),[7][8][9][10]
Larvae feed on Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia spp., Gymnosporia spp., Maytenus senegalensis, Schotia brachypetala, Bridelia micrantha and Cassia fistula.[3][4]
Listed alphabetically.[3]
Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision,[14] corroborated by phylogenetic research, allow a more rational grouping congruent with cladistic relationships. Within a well-populated clade of 27 related species sharing a common ancestor approximately 16 mya during the Miocene,[15] 26 are now considered together as The jasius Group.[14] One of the two lineages forms a robust clade of seven species sharing a common ancestor approximately 2-3 mya, i.e. during the Pliocene,[15] and are considered as the jasius subgroup.[14]
The jasius Group (26 Species)
Clade 1: jasius subgroup (7 species):[14]
Clade 2: contains the well-populated three additional subgroups (19 species) of the jasius Group, called the brutus, pollux, and eudoxus subgroups.[14] Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing Charaxes taxa is required to improve clarity.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Charaxes castor, the giant emperor or giant charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Afrotropical realm below the Sahel.
The flight period is year-round but more common in late summer to autumn.
Charaxes castor es una especie de lepidóptero de la familia Nymphalidae. Es originaria de África.[1]
Tiene una envergadura de alas de 75–85 mm en los machos y 85–105 mm en las hembras. El periode de vuelo abarca todo el año, pero es más común en verano y otoño.[2]
La larvas se alimentan de Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia spp., Gymnosporia spp., Maytenus senegalensis, Scotia brachypetala, Bredelia micrantha y Cassia fistula.[2][1]
Enumerados alfabéticamente.[1]
Datos: Q5073993
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Especies: Charaxes castor
Charaxes castor es una especie de lepidóptero de la familia Nymphalidae. Es originaria de África.
Tiene una envergadura de alas de 75–85 mm en los machos y 85–105 mm en las hembras. El periode de vuelo abarca todo el año, pero es más común en verano y otoño.
La larvas se alimentan de Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia spp., Gymnosporia spp., Maytenus senegalensis, Scotia brachypetala, Bredelia micrantha y Cassia fistula.
Charaxes castor is een vlinder uit de familie van de Nymphalidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1775 door Pieter Cramer.
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Hoàng đế khổng lồ hay Charaxes khổng lồ (Charaxes castor) là một loài bướm thuộc họ Nymphalidae. Loài này có ở khắp Africa.[2]
Sải cánh dài 75–85 mm đối với con đực và 85–105 mm đối với con cái. Loài bướm này bay quanh năm but more common vào cuối hè to autumn.[3]
Ấu trùng ăn Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia spp., Gymnosporia spp., Maytenus senegalensis, Scotia brachypetala, Bredelia micrantha và Cassia fistula.[2][3]
Listed alphabetically.[2]
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Hoàng đế khổng lồ hay Charaxes khổng lồ (Charaxes castor) là một loài bướm thuộc họ Nymphalidae. Loài này có ở khắp Africa.
Sải cánh dài 75–85 mm đối với con đực và 85–105 mm đối với con cái. Loài bướm này bay quanh năm but more common vào cuối hè to autumn.
Ấu trùng ăn Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia spp., Gymnosporia spp., Maytenus senegalensis, Scotia brachypetala, Bredelia micrantha và Cassia fistula.
