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Falcate Red Charaxes
Charaxes paphianus subpallida
-0.99, 29.61
Field Notes
Description:
The central butterfly is Charaxes paphianus, the Falcate Red Charaxes, a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.
The Charaxinae are a group of robust, medium to large Nymphalids characterised by having a rapid and powerful flight, stout bodies, and a habit of feeding at dung and carrion. Males are often encountered when feeding at dung or urine-soaked ground.
Habitat:
Seen imbibing minerals from monkey Poo with several other forest species, on a small path, quite deep in tropical forest.
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Charaxes paphianus
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PublishedAugust 24, 2014
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