Charaxes montis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
Taxonomy Described as a subspecies of Charaxes dilutus, later regarded as a full species by Victor Van Someren.
Similar species Charaxes subornatus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:
Charaxes subornatus Charaxes eupale Charaxes dilutus Charaxes montis Charaxes minor Charaxes schiltzei Charaxes schultzei Charaxes virescens Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the eupale species group.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.
Realm Afrotropical realm
References
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. 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 images of eupale group Images of C. montis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project) Charaxes montis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life