''Charaxes howarthi'' is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Tanzania, northern
Angola, northern
Zambia and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).
The habitat consists of
''Brachystegia'' woodland and open forests.
The larvae feed on ''
Brachystegia spiciformis
''Brachystegia spiciformis'', commonly known as zebrawood, or msasa, is a medium-sized African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers. The tree is broad and has a distinctive amber and wine red colour when the y ...
'' and ''
Albizia antunesiana
''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and A ...
''.
Notes on the biology of ''howarthi'' are provided by Kielland (1990) and Larsen (1991)
The name honours
Graham Howarth
Thomas Graham Howarth, (15 February 1916 – 8 April 2015) was an English entomologist of the National History Museum and member of the Royal Army Medical Corps who spent three years as a Japanese prisoner during the Second World War, first at C ...
.
Taxonomy
The male is very similar to both ''
Charaxes manica
''Charaxes manica'', the Manica charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Zambia. The habitat consists of ''Brachystegia'' woodland.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on ...
'' and ''
Charaxes chintechi
''Charaxes chintechi'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Tanzania, eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and Mozambique. The habitat consists of '' Brachystegia'' woodland ( Miombo)
The larvae feed on ''Brach ...
''
[ Kielland, J. 1990 . ''Butterflies of Tanzania''. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.]
References
''Charaxes howarthi'' imagesat
Consortium for the Barcode of Life''Charaxes howarthi'' ssp. imagesat BOLD
Images of ''C. howarthi'' Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Butterflies described in 1976
howarthi
Butterflies of Africa
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