Charaxes analava Ward 1872

Charaxes analava is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.^[3] The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests.

Charaxes analava figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Description

Ch. analava Ward . The marginal band of the hindwing is unicolorous black without spots and only reaches vein 4. The hindwing beneath behind the middle with a row of large eye-spots, of which the one in cellule 7 is especially large and distinct. Hindwing with 3 long tails, that at vein 3 somewhat shorter. Ground-colour of both wings light yellow. Madagascar. ^[4] A full description is also given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 362-364 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])

Taxonomy

Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are

• Charaxes varanes
• Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
• Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
• Charaxes balfouri
• Charaxes analava
• Charaxes nicati
• Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
• Charaxes saperanus
• Charaxes defulvata

References

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1974). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29(8):415-487. [3]
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 31

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