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White-Barred Charaxes

Charaxes brutus natalensis

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Field Notes

Description:

Seen imbibing minerals from dung (?monkey poo) with several other forest butterflies.

Habitat:

Seen on a small path, quite deep in pre-montane tropical forest.

Last photo shows the habitat, quite near this small stream.

Notes:

Looking at this one again Leuba, I'm not sure how exact the markings should be. This one only seems to have 1 tail. Maybe the other one broke off. Anyway I'll call it your suggestion and see if I get any response from folks out there.

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Africa%20-%20Charaxes%20hansali.htm

Thinking this could be charaxes brutus natalensis also, if the labelling is correct...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/File…

Reference Links:

ButterflyCorner.net: Charaxes brutus (White Barred Charaxes )

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
pamsai
thanks martin for having a look through my collection and ID-ing a few. Need someone familiar with African butterflies, Uganda specifically!
pamsai
Hahaha yes Leuba, quite a few flies! Some of the photos show them quite clearly. Mostly they were blue with red eyes. Even the flies were pretty! I have one to upload when I've uploaded all the butterflies. Getting close now!
Leuba Ridgway
It is certainly beautiful Pam. Nice you got the species ID. I could see photos of the orange winged one in a blog on Ugandan butterflies but sadly no name ! I see now that there are a few flies as well !
pamsai
thanks Hema. I agree...
HemaShah
colors nd pattern are superb!
pamsai
thanks MartinL... Do you have time to look at the other ones?
MartinL
I agree with brutus. It is the common one. C. druceanus is close, and I suppose C. castor but I confidently agree with you.
pamsai
Thinking this could be charaxes brutus natalensis also, if the labelling is correct. Any opinions? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/File:Charaxes_brutus_natalensis.jpg http://en.butterflycorner.net/Charaxes-brutus-White-Barred-Charaxes.511.0.html

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