Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Uncertain. Rediscovered or invalid (synonym) or missing.
Reportedly rediscovered by (Pyrcz, 1992a,b). But its taxonomic validity is reported as uncertain (Mendes & Bivar-de-Sousa, 2012:173-174). It has more recently been considered misisng (Mendes & Bivar-de-Sousa, 2022).
Distribution
São Tomé
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Joicey, J. T. and Talbot, G. (1926). New forms of Lepidoptera from the island of São Tomé, West Africa. The Entomologist 59: 220-226.
Other references:
Mendes, L. F. and Bivar-de-Sousa, A. (2012). New account on the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from São Tomé e Príncipe. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 51: 157-186.
Mendes, L. F. and Bivar-de-Sousa, A. (2022). Butterflies and Skippers (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, pp. 349-369. In: Ceríaco, L.M.P., de Lima, R.F., Melo, M., Bell, R.C. (eds.). Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06153-0_13
Pyrcz, Tomasz W. (1992a). Provisional check-list of the butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Lambillionea 92(1): 46-52.
Pyrcz, Tomasz W. (1992b). Rain forests of São Tomé e Príncipe: butterflies and conservation. Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 95-100.