Charaxes solon

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Charaxes solon
Charaxes solon, female

Charaxes solon , female

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Noble butterfly (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily : Charaxinae
Genre : Charaxes
Type : Charaxes solon
Scientific name
Charaxes solon
( Fabricius , 1793)

Charaxes solon ( synonym : Charaxes fabius ) is a butterfly from the family of noble moths (Nymphalidae)found in Asia. In English usage he is referred to as Black Rajah (Black Ruler ).

features

butterfly

The moths reach a wingspan of 70 to 80 millimeters, with the females being slightly larger than the males. In both sexes, a wide cream-colored to yellowish band formed from spots stands out on the dark brown upper side of the wing. The drawing elements are usually a little more intense in the females than in the males. The hind wings also show a yellow-brown band and two tails. The silver-gray to yellow-brown undersides of the wings are patterned with stripes and spots.

Caterpillar

The caterpillars are colored green. They resemble nudibranchs. Her head capsule has two large and two small horns, each of which is colored red-brown at the ends. There are two brownish tips on the anal segment. They are provided with very short, yellow tubercles on the entire surface of the body .

  • Preparation of a male

  • Wing underside

  • Egg on the leaf of a tamarind tree

  • Caterpillar

distribution and habitat

The distribution of Charaxes solon extends through India . The species is also found in Indonesia , Malaysia , Bhutan , Myanmar , Sri Lanka and the Philippines . 15 subspecies are named in the distribution areas. The species inhabits open and wooded as well as hilly areas.

Way of life

Moth sucking on excrement

The moths of Charaxes solon like to suckle on tree wounds, excrement or overripe fruits to eat. If these food sources are not available, flower nectar is also accepted as a substitute. The yellow-green eggs are laid on top of the leaves of the food plant. The caterpillars feed on the leaves of various legumes (Fabaceae), for example the tamarind tree ( Tamarindus indica ) and Bauhinia racemosa , Dalbergia sissoo or Pithecellobium dulce . Details on the species' way of life have yet to be researched.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markku Savela: Tanaecia Butler, (1869) - Distribution and subspecies. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved December 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Rajashree Bhuyan, Priyadarshini B. Pandhakar and Peter Smetacek: Two typically fruit and sap feeding Indian butterflies shift to flower nectar (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) , Nachrichten des Entomologische Verein Apollo, NF 34 (4), 2014, pp. 218-220
  3. ^ India Biodiversity Portal

literature

  • Charles Thomas Bingham: The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies , Volume 1, Taylor and Francis London, 1905, pp. 217/218

Web links

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