# Charaxes dilutus

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***Charaxes dilutus*** is a [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) in the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). It is found in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), [Malawi](/source/Malawi), the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [Zambia](/source/Zambia) and [Angola](/source/Angola).[4] The habitat consists of [tropical evergreen forests](/source/Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests).

The larvae feed on *[Albizia gummifera](/source/Albizia_gummifera)*, *[Albizia adianthifolia](/source/Albizia_adianthifolia)* and *[Scutia](/source/Scutia)* species.

Notes on the biology of *dilutus* are given by Kielland, J. (1990). [5]

## Description

*dilutus* Rothsch. is somewhat larger [than *[Charaxes eupale](/source/Charaxes_eupale)*, with the apical half of the forewing light green, less sharply defined proximally and terminating at or before the end of vein 1. Hindwing without dark marginal line and with the submarginal spots smaller or indistinct. In the interior of the Congo region and in Nyassaland.[6]

A full description is given by [Walter Rothschild](/source/Walter_Rothschild) and [Karl Jordan](/source/Karl_Jordan_(zoologist,_born_1861)), 1900 *Novitates Zoologicae* Volume 7:287-524. [\[1\]](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267025/#page/295/mode/1up) page 512 (for terms see *Novitates Zoologicae* Volume 5:545-601 [\[2\]](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/9/mode/1up))

## Subspecies

- *Charaxes dilutus dilutus* (Malawi, Zambia, eastern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern and western Tanzania)
- *Charaxes dilutus amanica* Collins, 1990[7] (north-eastern Tanzania)
- *Charaxes dilutus kasitu* White & Grant, 1989 [8] (Malawi: west-central to the Dzelanyama Range) synonym for *[Charaxes eupale](/source/Charaxes_eupale)*[3]
- *Charaxes dilutus ngonga* van Someren, 1974.[9] (central Kenya, Uganda: south-west to Kigezi, Sudan) synonym for *[Charaxes eupale](/source/Charaxes_eupale)*[3]

## Similar species

*Charaxes dilutus* is in the ***Charaxes eupale*** species group ([clade](/source/Clade)). The clade members are

- *[Charaxes subornatus](/source/Charaxes_subornatus)*
- *[Charaxes eupale](/source/Charaxes_eupale)*
- *Charaxes dilutus*
- *[Charaxes montis](/source/Charaxes_montis)*
- *[Charaxes minor](/source/Charaxes_subornatus)*
- *[Charaxes schiltzei](/source/Charaxes_schiltzei)*
- *[Charaxes schultzei](/source/Charaxes_schultzei)*
- *[Charaxes virescens](/source/Charaxes_virescens)*

Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus *Viridixes* Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the *eupale* species group.[10]

## Realm

[Afrotropical realm](/source/Afrotropical_realm)

## References

1. [Rothschild, W.](/source/Walter_Rothschild) in Walter Rothschild and [Jordan, K.](/source/Karl_Jordan_(zoologist,_born_1861)) (1898). A monograph of *Charaxes* and the allied prionopterous genera. *Novitates Zoologicae* Volume 5:545-601 [\[4\]](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/9/mode/1up); 1899 Volume 6: 220-286 [\[5\]](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22632#page/9/mode/1up): 1900 Volume 7:287-524. [\[6\]](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267025/#page/295/mode/1up) Descriptions and plates (monochrome photos).

1. ["*Charaxes* Ochsenheimer, 1816"](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/charaxes/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

1. Bouyer, Zakharov, Rougerie & Vingerhoedt, 2008 Les Charaxes du "groupe eupale" : Description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lépidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) *Entomologia Africana* Hors série n°3, 2008.

1. ["Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc). Archived from [the original](http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

1. Kielland, J. 1990. *Butterflies of Tanzania*. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.

1. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. *Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde* Band 13: Abt. 2, *Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter*, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.

1. Collins, S.C. in Kielland, J. 1990 *Butterflies of Tanzania* 338 (363 pp.). Melbourne

1. White, R.S., & Grant, T.A. 1989. Descriptions of two new subspecies of *Charaxes dilutus* Rothschild from Malawi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). *Lambillionea* 89 (3-4): 35-39.

1. Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African *Charaxes* (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. *Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History* (Entomology) 29 (8): 415-487.

1. Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E.V., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. 2008: Les Charaxes du groupe eupale: description d'un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae).*Entomologia Africana* Hors Série 3: 1–32.

- [Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren](/source/Victor_Gurney_Logan_Van_Someren), 1974 Revisional notes on African *Charaxes* (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. *Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History* (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [\[3\]](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127336#page/511/mode/1up)
- Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) *Entomologica Africana* Hors Série 3:1-32.

## External links

- [ssp. *diluta* African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt](https://archive.today/20130616144946/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/eupalegrp/DilutusDilutus/DilutusDilutus.html)
- [ssp. *amanica* African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt](https://archive.today/20130627224420/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systligth/eupalegrp/DilutusAmanica/DilutusAmanica.html)
- [African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt](https://archive.today/20130627225051/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html) images of *eupale* group
- [*Charaxes dilutus dilutus* images](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=99632) at [Consortium for the Barcode of Life](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)
- [*Charaxes dilutus amanica* images](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=99633) at BOLD
- [*Charaxes dilutus kasitu* images](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=192842) at BOLD
- [*Charaxes dilutus veneris* images](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=192841) at BOLD
- [Images of *C. dilutus amanica*](http://projects.bebif.be/enbi/albertinerift/butterfly/taxoninfo?id=314) [Royal Museum for Central Africa](/source/Royal_Museum_for_Central_Africa) (Albertine Rift Project)
- [Images of *C. dilutus ngonga*](http://projects.bebif.be/enbi/albertinerift/butterfly/taxoninfo?id=573) (Albertine Rift Project)
- [African Butterfly Database](http://www.abdb-africa.org/) Range map via search (noting synonymy above on this page)

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