Charaxes lucyae
Charaxes lucyae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.
Very close to Charaxes eudoxus but with more dentate wing margins and
longer tails; there are also minor differences in the genitalia
The habitat consists of sub-montane and montane forests.
Subspecies
- Charaxes lucyae lucyae
- Charaxes lucyae gabriellae Turlin & Chovet, 1987
- Charaxes lucyae mwanihanae Kielland, 1982
Related species
Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision, corroborated by phylogenetic research, allow a more rational grouping congruent with cladistic relationships. Within a well-populated clade of 27 related species sharing a common ancestor approximately 16 mya during the Miocene, 26 are now considered together as The jasius Group. One of the two lineages within this clade forms a robust monophyletic group of seven species sharing a common ancestor approximately 2-3 mya, i.e. during the Pliocene, and are considered as the jasius subgroup. The second lineage leads to 19 other species within the Jasius group, which are split into three well-populated subgroups of closely related species.The jasius Group :
Clade 1: jasius subgroup
Clade 2: contains the well-populated three additional subgroups of the jasius Group: called the brutus, pollux, and eudoxus subgroups.
- the eudoxus subgroup :
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes lucyae
- Charaxes richelmanni
- Charaxes musakensis
- Charaxes biokensis
- Charaxes ducarmei
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes tectonis
- Charaxes phraortes
- Charaxes andranodorus
- Charaxes andrefana