Charaxes cowani explained

Charaxes cowani is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar.^[1] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes above 1,000 meters.

Full description

A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267025/#page/295/mode/1up page 370 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/9/mode/1up)

Taxonomy

Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:

• Charaxes candiope
• Charaxes antamboulou like next
• Charaxes cowani like last
• Charaxes velox
• Charaxes thomasius

Etymology

Named for Rev William Deans Cowan, missionary author of Geographical Excursions in South Central Madagascar. Royal Geographical Society, London, 1882.

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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127336#page/511/mode/1up

External links

• Charaxes cowani images at Charaxes page Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini . 2012-05-22 . 2013-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc . dead .