- Source: Charaxes balfourii
Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 metres (1,600 and 3,300 ft).
Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. [1] page 361-362 (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
Etymology
The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.
References
External links
Charaxes balfouri images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
African Butterfly Database Range map via search
