- Source: Charaxes dowsetti
Charaxes dowsetti is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Nyika Plateau in Malawi. The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes above 2,200 meters.
The larvae feed on Agarista salicifolia.
Related species
Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision, 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, 26 are now considered together as The jasius Group. One of the two lineages within this clade forms a robust monophyletic group of seven species sharing a common ancestor approximately 2-3 mya, i.e. during the Pliocene, and are considered as the jasius subgroup. The second lineage leads to 19 other species within the Jasius group, which are split into three well-populated subgroups of closely related species.
The jasius Group (26 Species):
Clade 1: jasius subgroup (7 species)
Clade 2: contains the well-populated three additional subgroups (19 species) of the jasius Group: called the brutus, pollux, and eudoxus subgroups.
the pollux subgroup (4 species):
Charaxes pollux
Charaxes phoebus
Charaxes ansorgei
Charaxes dowsetti
Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing Charaxes taxa is required to improve clarity.
References
External links
Charaxes dowsetti images, & links to Public Data at BOLDSystems.v4
Images of C. dowsetti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Charaxes dowsetti
- Charaxes
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes pollux
- List of butterflies of Rwanda
- List of butterflies of Malawi
- List of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo
