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Taxonomy

''Charaxes aubyni'' is a member of the large species group ''Charaxes etheocles''

Subspecies

*''Charaxes aubyni aubyni'' (south-eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania) *''Charaxes aubyni australis'' van Someren & Jackson, 1957Van Someren , V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E., 1957. The ''Charaxes etheocles-ethalion'' complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum'' 23: 41-58. (Malawi, southern and south-central Tanzania, Zambia) *''Charaxes aubyni ecketti'' van Someren & Jackson, 1957 (central and south-western Kenya)

References

* Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology)45-10

External links

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