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''Charaxes lycurgus'', the Laodice Untailed Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini )〕 The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and riverine forests. Adult males feed on otter and bird droppings and both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit. The larvae feed on ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'', ''Paullinia pinnata'', ''Albizia zygia'', ''Lonchocarpus cyanescens'', ''Dalbergia'', ''Millettia'', ''Dichapetalum'' and ''Trachyphrynium'' species. ==Subspecies== * ''Charaxes lycurgus lycurgus'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria) * ''Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana'' Plantrou, 1978 (northern and eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Bioko, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, western Uganda, Tanzania: eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charaxes lycurgus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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