Charaxes cowani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Charaxes |
Species: | C. cowani
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Binomial name | |
Charaxes cowani |
Charaxes cowani is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar. [3] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes above 1,000 meters.
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. [1] page 370 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2])
Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:
Named for Rev William Deans Cowan, missionary author of Geographical Excursions in South Central Madagascar. Royal Geographical Society, London, 1882.