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Charaxes fulvescens

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can reach a wingspan of about 46 millimetres (1.8 in). The inner half of the wings is white. Outside the white area of the upperside, the wings are orange to brown, with a pattern of lighter and darker flecks. The underside of the wings mimics a dead leaf. A sepia brown straight line divides
560:. Basal area of both wings above uniform light orange- yellow without white; the inner spots in the black distal part of the forewing above much produced transversely; the dark marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing much narrower than in the other races. Comoros: Mayotte. - 529:
the under wing in two areas. The inner area is light beige with several curved, interrupted, grey brown wavy lines. The outer area of the underside of the hindwing has a large eyespot and shows a well developed outer spur. Males and females are similar.
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Thurau. Forewing with the distal margin deeply excised and long, sharp, falcate apex; the orange or red-brown spots in the black marginal area small or indistinct. German East Africa.
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Aurivillius, C. 1891. Verzeichniss, Einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabun und dem Gebeite des Camerunflusses Heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung.
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These butterflies usually occur in dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes. Occasionally inhabits
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Rothsch. Wings beneath yellow-grey or olive-coloured at the base. Congo to Uganda and German East Africa. -
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Auriv. Both wings beneath light straw-yellow at the base. Sierra Leone to Gaboon.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter
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This article related to members of the butterfly subfamily
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van Someren, V.G.L. 1975. Revisional notes on African
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Charaxes
Binomial name
Aurivillius
Synonyms
butterfly
Nymphalidae
Charaxes varanes
Charaxes varanes
Charaxes acuminatus
Charaxes balfouri
Charaxes analava
Charaxes nicati
Charaxes bertrami
Charaxes saperanus
Charaxes defulvata
Subspecies

Senegal
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Sierra Leone

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