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''Charaxes nichetes'', the Manx Charaxes or Water Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Angola.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini )〕 The habitat consists of forests, low altitude woodland savanna and ''Brachystegia'' woodland. Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit and males mud-puddle. Adults are on wing most of the year. The larvae feed on ''Uapaca nitida'', ''Uapaca kirkiana'' and ''Uapaca sansibarica''. ==Subspecies== *''Charaxes nichetes nichetes'' (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda: western and northern shores of Lake Victoria) *''Charaxes nichetes bouchei'' Plantrou, 1974 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria) *''Charaxes nichetes leoninus'' Butler, 1895 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe) *''Charaxes nichetes leopardinus'' Plantrou, 1974 (Guinea, north-eastern Ivory Coast, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad) *''Charaxes nichetes pantherinus'' Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-eastern Zambia, north-western Tanzania) *''Charaxes nichetes ssese'' Turlin & Lequeux, 2002 (Uganda) 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 nichetes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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