Charaxes gallagheri Van Son 1962

Charaxes gallagheri, the Gallagher's charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and eastern Zimbabwe and Zambia.^[3] The habitat consists of granite-boulder hills in savanna.

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from November to December and again from late February to April.

The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis.

Taxonomy

Charaxes gallagheri is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

References

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• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45-101.[1]

Charaxes gallagheri is een vlinder uit de familie van de Nymphalidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1962 door Van Son.