Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamilies Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae and Charaxinae Liseki, Steven D. Vane-Wright, Richard I. Journal of Natural History 2015 2015-09-30 50 865 904 TN3Z aubyni van Someren and Jackson, 1952 aubyni van Someren and Jackson 1952 [251,1064,931,956] Insecta Nymphalidae Charaxes GBIF Animalia Lepidoptera 16 881 Arthropoda subSpecies aubyni Eriboea aubyni  Forewing length: male 34 –39.5 mm[mean ( n= 9) 36.28 mm, SD = 1.232]; female 39.5 –45.5 mm[mean ( n= 6) 42.17 mm, SD = 1.483]. van Someren (1966, p. 77) gave male forewing length as 35 –37 mm, female 43 –45 mm. Note: The name of this butterfly is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Poulton, 1926 –who originally introduced the name  aubynias a female (infrasubspecific) form of  C. etheocles(Cramer, 1777).  Charaxes aubyniwas first made available as a species group name by van Someren and Jackson (1952, p. 272), when they recognized it as a distinct, separate species (this may be of significance in assessing the primary typematerial). The discal bands of the females vary from pale cream to ochreous; as noted by Henning (1989, p. 351), an extreme of the latter typewas named ‘female f. ochrefascia ’by van Someren and Jackson, and it is arguable that the females should be considered dimorphic.   Records Known in Tanzaniafrom Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kwaraha, and the Lossoganeu, Pare, Usambara, Uluguru, North Nguu, Nguru, Ukaguru and Rubeho mountains ( Kielland 1990, p. 96), to which Henning (1989, p. 351) adds Monduli. The BMNH includes specimens from Lindi, Amani, and one male from West Kilimanjaro, collected at 4000 –5000 ftby Cooper. Not encountered by Liseki (2009). According to Kielland (loc. cit.), it occurs in submontane and montane forests at 400 –2400 m. Cordeiro (1990, p. 34) records it from Lake ManyaraNational Park. Beyond Tanzaniathe nominate subspecies also occurs in Kenya: the TaitaHills (including the typelocality, Mt Dabida, and the Sagala Hills) and Mbololo ( Henning 1989, p. 351). The two other recognized subspecies of  C. aubynioccur elsewhere in Kenya, and in southern Tanzaniaand Malawi( Ackery et al. 1995, p. 434).