Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Papilionoidea Nymphalidae Charaxinae

930x882 (~312Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, a rapidous brook, Blue Nile right tributary downstream the bridge of the road Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar, 1100 m a.s.l. 31st July 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

938x835 (~317Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, a rapidous brook, Blue Nile right tributary downstream the bridge of the road Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar, 1100 m a.s.l. 31st July 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

AFRICAN CHARAXES - Nigel Venters January 1998

References:

Personal Observations & Field trips.
Field trips: Venters-Bampton,Venters-Plantrou.
Personal communication Plantrou, Bampton, Henning, Collins, Rydon.
The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa - Henning 1989 (Main body of text from here)
The Butterflies of Malawi - Gifford 1965
Revisional notes on African Charaxes - van Someren 1974

Added references from [BAFR] and [BK]. -- msa

• Charaxes achaemenes C. & R. Felder, [1867] -. See [maps] Bush Charaxes

  • Charaxes achaemenes C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 446, pl. 59, f. 6-7
  • Charaxes achaemenes fasciatus Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 123; TL: Mhonda

  • Charaxes achaemenes fasciatus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes achaemenes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 460, pl. 12, f. 1; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 7; [BK]: 294, pl. 36, f. 478; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Charaxes achaemenes f./var. fasciatus; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 209

  Larva on Pterocarpus rotundifolius, P. angolensis, Xanthocercis zambesiana, Dalbergia boehmii, Piliostigma thonningii [PBSA], Pterocarpus erinaceus, Dalbergia boehmii, D. nitidula, Brachystegia spiciformis [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. achaemenes South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Tanzania, Kenya

    • Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 207, pl. 1, f. 13-14; [BK], 294 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes achamenes[sic] achamenes[sic]; [BAFR], 356
  • C. a. monticola Joicey & Talbot, 1925 Nigeria, Cameroon, C.A.R., Northern Zaire, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya (West of Rift)

    • Charaxes achaemenes f. monticola Joicey & Talbot, 1925; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16 (96): 645; TL: S.Sudan (Maia); N.Nigeria
    • Charaxes achaemenes f. erythraea Storace, 1948; 132

    • Charaxes achaemenes × atlantica; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 211
    • Charaxes achaemenes erythraea; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes achaemenes monticola; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 209, pl. 2, f. 17-12; [BK], 294 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes achaemenes f. erythraea; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 210, pl. 2, f. 22
    • Charaxes achamenes[sic] monticola; [BAFR], 356 (text)
  • C. a. atlantica van Someren, 1970 Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana

    • Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 211, pl. 2, f. 20-21; TL: Senegal
    • Nymphalis iocaste Westwood, 1850; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 309 (nom. nud., Boisduval, MS)

    • Charaxes achaemenes atlantica; [BK], 294 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes achaemenes iocaste; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes achamenes[sic] atlantica; [BAFR], 356 (text)
    • Charaxes iocaste Boisduval, MS; Butler, [1866], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 628
    • Charaxes jocaste[sic, iocaste]; Doubleday, 1848, List Spec. lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. (Appendix): 28 (nom. nud.); Butler, 1869, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 274
• Charaxes acraeoides Druce, 1908 Congo, Cameroun, C.A.R.. See [maps]

  • Charaxes acraeoides Druce, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2 (11): 449; TL: Cameroons, Bitje, Ja River, 2000ft

  • Charaxes acraeoides; van Someren, 1974, 429; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 5; [BAFR], 356; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes acuminatus Thurau, 1903 -. See [maps] Mountain Pearl Charaxes

  • Charaxes acuminatus Thurau, 1903; Berl. ent. Z. 48: 139, f. 12; TL: Lagenberg, Livingstone
  • Charaxes acuminatus; [BK], 283, pl. 31, appendix

  • Charaxes acuminatus; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Allophylus chaunostachys, A. alnifolius, A. abyssinicus, Bersama abyssinica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. acuminatus Southern Tanzania, Northern Malawi (Misuku mtns)

    • Charaxes acuminatus acuminatus; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 211, pl. 8, f. 44-45; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. vumba van Someren, 1963 Eeastern Zimbabwe (Vumba Mnts)

    • Charaxes acuminatus vumba van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 211, pl. 8, f. 46; TL: S. Rhodesia, Vumba Mts

    • Charaxes acuminatus vumba; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Allophylus spp., Bersama abyssinica [PBSA]

  • C. a. mlanji van Someren, 1963 Southern Malawi (Mulanje, Zomba Mnts)

    • Charaxes acuminatus mlanji van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 212, pl. 9, f. 47-48; TL: Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanji, between 3000-4000ft

    • Charaxes acuminatus mlanje[sic]; [BAFR], 398 (text, missp.)
    • Charaxes acuminatus mlanji; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. cottrelli van Someren, 1963 Northern Zambia

    • Charaxes acuminatus cottrelli van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 213, pl. 9, f. 51-52; TL: NW.Rhodesia, Mwinilinga, in gallery forest at souce of Zambesi River

    • Charaxes acuminatus cottrelli; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. nyika van Someren, 1963 Northern Malawi (Nyika Plateau)

    • Charaxes acuminatus nyika van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 214, pl. 9, f. 49-50; TL: Nyasaland, Nyika Plateau, 4000ft, Manchowe

    • Charaxes acuminatus nyika; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes nyika; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • C. a. usambarensis van Someren, 1963 Northern Tanzania (Usumbara mtns)

    • Charaxes acuminatus usambarensis van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 214, pl. 10, f. 53-54; TL: Tanganyika Territory, Usambara Range, Amani

    • Charaxes acuminatus usambarensis; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. shimbanus van Someren, 1963 Kenya (Shimba hills)

    • Charaxes acuminatus shimbanus van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 215, pl. 10, f. 55-56; TL: Kenya Coast, Shimba Hills, Makadar forest, 1000-1500ft, Kwale District

    • Charaxes acuminatus shimbanus; [BAFR], 398 (text); [BK], 283 (note); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. teitensis van Someren, 1963 Kenya (Teita hills)

    • Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 216, pl. 10, f. 57-58; TL: SW. Kenya, Teita Hills, Chawia Forest, 5000ft

    • Charaxes acuminatus teitensis; [BAFR], 400 (text); [BK], 283 (note); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. oreas Talbot, 1932 Kenya Highlands (Mweru, Mount Kenya)

    • Charaxes fulvescens oreas Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill Mus. 4 (3): 181; TL: Meru, Mt. Kenya

    • Charaxes acumanatus oreas; [BK], 283 (note)
    • Charaxes acuminatus creas[sic]; [BAFR], 400 (text)
    • Charaxes acuminatus oreas; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 216, pl. 11, f. 59-60; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. kulalensis van Someren, 1963 Kenya (Mount Kulal)

    • Charaxes acuminatus kulalensis van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 217, pl. 11, f. 63-64; TL: Kenya, Northern Frontier Province, at Mt. Kulal, SE. Lake Rudolf

    • Charaxes acuminatus kulalensis; [BAFR], 398 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes kulalae van Someren, 1975;
    • ?Charaxes acuminatus kulalae; [BK], 283 (note) [some confusion?]; [AfrL]
  • C. a. stonehamiana Collins & Larsen, 1991 W.Kenya (Mt Elgon)

    • Charaxes acuminatus stonehamiana Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 441, pl. 31, f. 449; TL: Mount Elgon, Kenya

    • Charaxes acuminatus stonehamiana; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. kigezia van Someren, 1963 Western Uganda (Ruwenzori)

    • Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 218, pl. 12, f. 65-66; TL: SW.Uganda, Kigezi, Mafuga Forest, Rutenga

    • Charaxes acuminatus kigesia[sic?]; [BAFR], 398
    • Charaxes acuminatus kigezia; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. rondonis Kielland, 1987 Tanzania (Rondo Plateau)

    • Charaxes acuminatus rondonis Kielland, 1987; Lambillionea 87 (9-10): 123

    • Charaxes acuminatus rondonis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. thiryi Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2001

    • Charaxes acuminatus thiryi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes alpinus van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Vumba Mountains E Zimbabwe.

  • Charaxes ethalion alpinus van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 42

  • Charaxes alpinus alpinus; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 84, pl. 12, f. 90-91
  • Charaxes alpinus; [BAFR], 374; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia gummifera [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes alticola Grünberg, 1912 Zaire (Kivu District), Rwanda, Burundi. See [maps]

  • Charaxes boueti var. alticola Grünberg, 1912; Ergeb. Dt. Z.-Afr. Exped. 3 (Zool. 1): 539

  • Charaxes alticola; Talbot, 1927, 109; Plantrou, 1983; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes boueti alticola; Jackson, 1957, 66; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 230, pl. 6, f. 56-58; [BAFR], 368 (text)

  Larva on (Montane Bamboo) [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes amandae Rydon, 1988 Known only from one pair of specimens taken in Southern Sudan

  • Charaxes amandae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes ameliae Doumet, 1861 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes ameliae Doumet, 1861; Rev. Zool. (2) 13: 171; TL: Gaboon

  • Charaxes ameliae; Hewitson, 1876, Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Charaxes V): [93], pl. [49], f. 20-21; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 391; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 6, 13; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora, Albizia adianthifolia [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. ameliae Zaire, Congo, C.A.R., Gabon, Cameroun, E.Nigeria

    • Charaxes regius Aurivillius, 1889; Ent. Tidskr. 10: 191; TL: Cameroons
      • = Charaxes ameliae; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 392

    • Charaxes ameliae ameliae; van Someren, 1972, 228; [BAFR], 392 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. doumeti Henning, 1989 Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes ameliae doumeti Henning, 1989; Charaxinae butt. Afr.: 197

    • Charaxes ameliae doumeti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. victoriae van Someren, 1972 Uganda

    • Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 231

    • Charaxes ameliae victoriae; [BAFR], 392; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925 N.Malawi, N.Zambia, NW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes ameliae amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16 (96): 644; TL: Nyasaland

    • Charaxes ameliae amelina; [BAFR], 392 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes analava Ward, 1872 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Charaxes analava Ward, 1872; Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 3; TL: Madagascar

  • Charaxes analava; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 362, pl. 11, f. 1; van Someren, 1974, 472; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 12; [BAFR], 398; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes andranodorus Mabille, 1884

  • Charaxes andranodorus Mabille, 1884; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28: clxxxiv; TL: Madagascar

  • Charaxes andranodorus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 420; [EBW]; [MadL]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Annonaceae [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. andranodorus Eastern Madagascar

    • Charaxes zoippus Mabille, 1884; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28: clxxxv; TL: Madagascar
      • = Charaxes andranodorus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 420

    • Charaxes andranodorus andranodorus; [BAFR], 364; [AfrL]
    • Charaxes andranodorus Mabille, 1884; van Someren, 1974, 474
• Charaxes andrefana Viette, 1977 Western Madagascar (Scattered rainforest)

  • Charaxes andranodorus andrefana Viette, 1977; 112; TL: Madagascar

  • Charaxes andranodorus andrefana; [BAFR], 364 (text); [MadL]; [AfrL]
  • Charaxes andrefana; [Lees]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes antamboulou Lucas, 1872 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Charaxes antamboulou Lucas, 1872; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris (5) Zool. 15: 1; TL: Madagascar

  • Charaxes antambonlon[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 1 (text only)
  • Charaxes antamboulou; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 368, pl. 11, f. 2; van Someren, 1974; [BAFR], 400; [MadL]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Croton spp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes angelae Minig, 1975 Ivory Coast. See [maps]

  • Charaxes angelae Minig, 1975; 25

  • Charaxes angelae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes ansorgei Rothschild, 1897 -. See [maps] Ansorge's Charaxes

  • Charaxes ansorgei Rothschild, 1897; Novit. Zool. 4 (1): 181; TL: Patsho, Nandi Country

  • Charaxes ansorgei; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 5, f. 2; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 428; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 301; [BK]: 288, pl. 33; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Bersama abyssinica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. ansorgei Uganda (Mnt Elgon), NW.Kenya

    • Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei; Poulton, 1933, Stylops 2 (1): 12; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 303, pl. 6, f. 49, 53; [BAFR], 362; [BK], 288 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. jacksoni Poulton, 1933 Kenya (East of Rift)

    • Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni Poulton, 1933; Stylops 2 (1): 13

    • Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 304, pl. 6, f. 50, 54; [BAFR], 362; [BK], 288 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. kilimanjarica van Someren, 1967 Tanzania (Western slopes of Kilimanjaro)

    • Charaxes ansorgei kilimanjarica van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 309, pl. 7, f. 57-58, 61-62; TL: Tanzania, Wester foot hills, 6-7000ft, Kilimanjaro

    • Charaxes ansorgei kilimanjarica; [BAFR], 362; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. kinyeti Plantrou, 1988 Southern Sudan

    • Charaxes ansorgei kinyeti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. kungwensis van Someren, 1967 Tanzania (Mnt Kungwe)

    • Charaxes ansorgei kungwensis van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 306, pl. 8, f. 65-66, 69-70; TL: Tanzania, East shore, Lake Tanganyika, in Mahali forest on Kungwe Peninsula

    • Charaxes ansorgei kungwensis; [BAFR], 362 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. levicki Poulton, 1933 Southern Tanzania, Malawi (Nyika Plateau, Misuku Mnts)

    • Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933; Stylops 2 (1): 15

    • Charaxes ansorgei levicki; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 307, pl. 7, f. 60, 74; [BAFR], 362 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. loita Plantrou, 1982 Southern Kenya (Mnt Loita)

    • Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982; 112

    • Charaxes ansorgei loita; [BK], 288 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. ruandana Talbot, 1932 Burundi, Uganda (Eastern Ruwenzori)

    • Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill Mus. 4 (3): 289

    • Charaxes ansorgei ruandana; Poulton, 1933, Stylops 2 (1): ; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 305, pl. 6, f. 51-52, 55-56; [BAFR], 362 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. rydoni van Someren, 1967 N.Tanzania (Usambara mnts)

    • Charaxes ansorgei rydoni van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 309, pl. 7, f. 59, 63; TL: Tanzania, Usambara Range, Magamba Forest, nr. Lushoto

    • Charaxes ansorgei rydoni; van Someren, 1975, 104; [BAFR], 362 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. simoni Turlin, 1987 E.Tanzania (Ulunguru Mnts)

    • Charaxes ansorgei simoni Turlin, 1987; 19

    • Charaxes ansorgei simoni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. ufipa Kielland, 1978 W.Tanzania (Mbusi Mnt)

    • Charaxes ansorgei ufipa Kielland, 1978; Tijdschr. Ent. 121 (4): 174, pl. 8, f. 27-30; TL: Tanzania, Ufipa, Mbuzi Mt., 2000m

    • Charaxes ansorgei ufipa; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio anticlea Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 36, pl. 27, f. 5-6

  • Charaxes anticlea; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 6, f. 4; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 492; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 8; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Acacia goetzei, A. brevispica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. anticlea Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Papilio horatius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 64
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 494

    • Charaxes anticlea anticlea; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 494; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 209, pl. 9, f. 59-60; [BAFR], 370; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. adusta Rothschild, 1900 Uganda, W.Tanzania

    • Charaxes anticlea adusta Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 494

    • Charaxes anticlea adusta; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 212, pl. 10, f. 63-64; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. proadusta van Someren, 1971 E.Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, W.Zaire, Angola

    • Charaxes anticlea proadusta van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 211, pl. 9, f. 61-62; TL: C.A.R., Bangui

    • Charaxes anticlea proadusta; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. suna van Someren, 1975 NW.Kenya Small Flame Bordered Charaxes

    • Charaxes anticlea reducta van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 214, pl. 10, f. 67-68; TL: Kenya, Chepalungu
    • Charaxes anticlea suna van Someren, 1975; 108

    • Charaxes anticlea reducta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes anticlea suna; [BAFR], 370 (text); [BK]: 296, pl. 37, f. 482; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. mwera Vingerhoedt & Bouyer, 1996

    • Charaxes anticlea mwera; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926 Sao Thome (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes brutus antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926; 1

  • Charaxes antiquus; Plantrou, 1983, 86; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes brutus antiquus; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 220, pl. 4, f. 38-39; [BAFR], 362; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952 -. See [maps] Aubyn's Charaxes

  • Charaxes aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 272

  • Charaxes aubyni; [EBW]; [BK]: 300, pl. 39, f. 495; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia gummifera [Nigel Venters]

  • C. a. aubyni Kenya (Teita Hills, Mbololo), Tanzania (Usumbara mnts, Mnt Kilimanjaro, Ulinguru mtns)

    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. aubyni Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 552

    • Charaxes aubyni aubyni; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 77, pl. 10, f. 73-75; [BAFR], 374; [BK], 301 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes aubyni ochrefascia; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. a. australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Southern Tanzania, Malawi

    • Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 47

    • Charaxes aubyni australis; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 79, pl. 10, f. 80; [BAFR], 374 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. a. ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Kenya (Nairobi-Ngong area)

    • Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 48

    • Charaxes aubyni ecketti; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 78, pl. 10, f. 77-79; [BAFR], 374 (text); [BK], 301 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes baileyi van Someren, 1958 Kenya (West of Rift). See [maps] Bailey's Charaxes

  • Charaxes baileyi van Someren, 1958; Novos Taxa ent. 11: 4; TL: Kenya, Visoi Gap
  • Charaxes baileyi ♀f. pseudocarpenteri van Someren, 1958; Novos Taxa ent. 11: 5; TL: Kenya, Visoi Gap

  • Charaxes baileyi pseudocarpenteri; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes baileyi; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 122, f. 13-14, pl. 14; [BAFR], 381; [BK]: 298, pl. 38, f. 487; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes baileyi ♀f. pseudocarpenteri; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 124
  • Charaxes baileyi f. pseudocarpenteri; [BAFR], 380, fig.

  Larva on Scutia myrtina [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes balfouri Butler, 1881 Socotra Island (Gulf of Aden)

  • Charaxes balfouri Butler, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881: 176, pl. 18, f. 6; TL: Socotra

  • Charaxes balfouri; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 361; [BAFR], 396; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes balfourii; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Island of Principe (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927; Entomologist 60: 14

  • Charaxes barnsi; van Someren, 1972, 253; [BAFR], 384; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891 -. See [maps] Baumann's Charaxes

  • Charaxes baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 41: 564; TL: Pare

  • Charaxes baumanni; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 491; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 11; [BK]: pl. 37, f. 483; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Acacia brevisica, Caesalpinia decapetala [Nigel Venters]

  • C. b. baumanni Kenya (Teita Hills), Tanzania (Usumbara mnts)

    • Charaxes baumanni baumanni; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 217, pl. 10, f. 71-73; [BAFR], 370; [BK], 296 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. bamptoni van Someren, 1974 Kenya (Mnt Kulal)

    • Charaxes baumanni bamptoni van Someren, 1974; 482

    • Charaxes baumanni bamptoni; [BAFR], 370 (text); [BK], 296 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. bwamba van Someren, 1971 Uganda (Bwamba area)

    • Charaxes baumanni bwamba van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 221, pl. 11, f. 82-85; TL: Uganda, Bwamba Valley

    • Charaxes baumanni bwamba; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. didingensis van Someren, 1971 Southern Sudan, N.Uganda

    • Charaxes baumanni didingensis van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 221, pl. 11, f. 86-89; TL: S.Sudan, Didinga Mts.

    • Charaxes baumanni didingensis; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. granti Turlin, 1988 E.Tanzania

    • Charaxes baumanni granti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. interposita van Someren, 1971 Kenya (Kitale, Elgon), Central Uganda

    • Charaxes baumanni interposita van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 220, pl. 11, f. 78-81; TL: Kenya, Kitale

    • Charaxes baumanni interposita; [BAFR], 370 (text); [BK], 296 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. selousi Trimen, 1894 Zimbabwe, Zambia

    • Charaxes selousi Trimen, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 45, pl. 6, f. 10; TL: Miheni Valley, Manicaland
      • = Charaxes baumanni; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 491

    • Charaxes baumanni selousi; White, 1976; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Acacia sp., Pterolobium stellatum, Caesalpinia decapetala [PBSA]

  • C. b. tenuis van Someren, 1971 Tanzania (W Kilimanjaro)

    • Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 219, pl. 10, f. 74-77; TL: Tanzania, West Kilimanjaro

    • Charaxes baumanni tenuis; [BAFR], 370 (text); [BK], 296 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. whytei Butler, 1894 Malawi, Mozambique

    • Charaxes whytei Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 649, pl. 60, f. 2; TL: Zomba
      • = Charaxes baumanni; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 491

    • Charaxes baumanni whytei; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 222, pl. 11, f. 90-93; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991 Mt Nyiro

    • Charaxes baumanni nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 441, pl. 37, f. 483; TL: Mount Nyire, N.Kenya

    • Charaxes baumanni nyiro; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes berkeleyi van Someren & Jackson, 1957 -. See [maps] Berkeley's Charaxes

  • Charaxes berkeleyi van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 52
  • Charaxes berkeleyi ♀-f. ngonga van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 80, pl. 29, f. 249-250

  • Charaxes berkeleyi longido; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes berkeleyi; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 80, f. 10-11; [BK]: 300, pl. 39, f. 494; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia gummifera, Ochna spp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. b. berkeleyi Kenya (East of Rift)

    • Charaxes berkeleyi berkeleyi; [BAFR], 374; [BK], 300 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes berkeleyi; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 74, pl. 11, f. 81-83
  • C. b. masaba van Someren, 1969 Kenya (Mt. Elgon)

    • Charaxes berkeleyi masaba van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 82, pl. 29, f. 252-253; TL: N.W. Kenya, E Mt. Elgon, Teldet Estate

    • Charaxes berkeleyi masaba; [BAFR], 374 (text); [BK], 300 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. marci Congdon & Collins, 1998

    • Charaxes berkeleyi marci; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes bernardii Minig, 1978

  • Charaxes bernardii; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Charaxes bernardus phlegonotis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes bernstorffi Rydon, 1982 Yemen Arab Republic

  • Charaxes bernstorffi Rydon, 1982; 63

  • Charaxes bernstorffi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes bipunctatus Rothschild, 1894 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes bipunctatus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (2): 536; TL: West Africa (?Gold Coast)

  • Charaxes bipunctatus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 390; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Blighia unijugata [Nigel Venters]

  • C. b. bipunctatus Ivory Coast, Ghana

    • Charaxes bipunctatus johnsoni Rousseau-Decelle, 1956; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 61 (3-4): 91

    • Charaxes bipunctatus bipunctatus; van Someren, 1972, 247; [BAFR], 384; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes bipunctatus johnsoni; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. b. ugandensis van Someren, 1972 Cameroun, C.A.R., Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan Two Spot Charaxes

    • Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 248

    • Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis; [BAFR], 384 (text); [BK]: 290, pl. 34, f. 468; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes blanda Rothschild, 1897

  • Charaxes blanda Rothschild, 1897; Novit. Zool. 4 (3): 507; TL: Mikindani, German East Africa

  • Charaxes blanda; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 6, f. 3; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 471; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Dalbergia spp., Brachystegia spiciformis [Nigel Venters]

  • C. b. blanda Tanzania-Mocambique border

    • Charaxes blanda blanda; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 205, pl. 1, f. 9-10; [BAFR], 372; [AfrL]
  • C. b. kenyae Poulton, 1926 Kenya coast (North of Mombasa)

    • Charaxes blanda kenyae Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 552

    • Charaxes blanda kenyae; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 206, pl. 1, f. 11-12; [BAFR], 372; [BK]: 296, pl. 37, f. 484; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes bocqueti Minig, 1975 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes bocqueti Minig, 1975; Lambillionea 75: 30

  • Charaxes bocqueti; [BAFR], 381 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. bocqueti Ivory Coast

    • Charaxes bocqueti bocqueti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. oubanguiensis Minig, 1975 C.A.R.

    • Charaxes bocqueti oubanguiensis Minig, 1975; 25

    • Charaxes bocqueti oubanguiensis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes bohemani C. & R. Felder, 1859 Angola, S.Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mocambique, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa. See [maps] Divebomber Charaxes Large Blue Charaxes

  • Charaxes bohemani C. & R. Felder, 1859; Wien. ent. Monats. 3 (11): 321, pl. 6, f. 3

  • Charaxes bohemani bohemani; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes bohemani; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 374; [PBSA]; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 208, pl. 8, f. 55-56, pl. 9, f. 57-58; [EBW]; [BAFR], 392; [BK]: 291, pl. 35, f. 470; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes bohemanni[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 15-16

  Larva on Lonchocarpus capassa, Xeroderris stuhlmanni [PBSA], Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850 -. See [maps] Orange Bamboo Emperor Red Forest Charaxes

  • Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 8: 261; TL: Gambia

  • Charaxes boueti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 2; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 408; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 14; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on (Bamboo) [Nigel Venters]

  • C. b. boueti Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria

    • Charaxes boueti ghanaensis Rousseau-Decelle & Johnson, 1957; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 62 (5-6): 151, pl. 62

    • Charaxes boueti boueti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 2; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 410; Joicey & Talbot, 1925, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16 (96): 645; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 224, pl. 5, f. 43-48; [BAFR], 368; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes boueti ghanaensis; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 227, pl. 6, f. 49-50; [BAFR], 368 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. b. rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 SW.Ethiopia, Sudan, N.Uganda

    • Charaxes boueti rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 540; TL: Upper Urga, Kollu, Schoa

    • Charaxes boueti rectans; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 229, pl. 6, f. 54-55; [BAFR], 368 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes rectans; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. carvalhoi Bivar de Sousa, 1983

    • Charaxes boueti carvalhoi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes macclounii carvalhoi; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes brainei van Son, 1966 NE.Namibia, S.Angola, W.Botswana. See [maps]

  • Charaxes viola brainei van Son, 1966; Novost Taxa Ent. 49: 3

  • Charaxes brainei; van Someren, 1975, 108; Henning, 1979, 177; [BAFR], 382; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes viola brainei; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 147, pl. 17, f. 153-156; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

  Larva on Peltophorum africanum [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes brutus (Cramer, [1779]) -. See [maps] White Barred Charaxes

  • Papilio brutus Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 82, pl. 241, f. E, F
  • Papilio brutus Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 174

  • Charaxes brutus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 429; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 17; [BK]: 288, pl. 33; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Grewia spp., Entandrophagma delevoi, Trichelia dregeana, Blighia unifugata, Ekebergia capensis [Nigel Venters]

  • C. b. brutus Guinea, Seirra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Papilio cajus Herbst, 1790; Naturs. Schmett. 4: 65
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 433

    • Charaxes brutus brutus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 433; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 214, pl. 3, f. 25-26; [BAFR], 360 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. alcyone Stoneham, 1943 Coastal Kenya & Tanzania

    • Charaxes brutus alcyone Stoneham, 1943; 3

    • Charaxes brutus alcyone; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 219, pl. 4, f. 34-35; [BAFR], 362 (text); [BK], 288 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. angustus Rothschild, 1900 Eastern Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Gabon, Congo, N.Angola, Zaire, W.Uganda

    • Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 432; TL: Congo, Leopoldville, Kassai, Upoto

    • Charaxes brutus angustus; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 216, pl. 3, f. 27-30; [BAFR], 360; [BK], 288 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. b. natalensis Staudinger, 1886 South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mocambique, Malawi, Tanzania

    • Charaxes brutus var. natalensis Staudinger, 1886; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (14): 169; TL: Natal

    • Charaxes brutus natalensis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 433; [PBSA]; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 220, pl. 4, f. 36-37; [BAFR], 362 (text); [BK], 288 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Trichilia emetica, Turraea floribunda, Ekebergia capensis, Melia azedarach [PBSA]

  • C. b. roberti Turlin, 1987 Pemba Island (Off Tanzanian coast)

    • Charaxes brutus roberti Turlin, 1987; 20

    • Charaxes brutus roberti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes andara Ward, 1873 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Charaxes andara Ward, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 209; TL: Madagascar

  • Charaxes andara; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 221, pl. 5, f. 40-42; [BAFR], 362; [EBW], (name only); [MadL]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes brutus andara; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 435; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes cacuthis Hewitson, 1863 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Charaxes cacuthis Hewitson, 1863; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Charaxes III): [89] pl. [47], f. 12-13 ; TL: Madagascar
  • Charaxes antanala Lucas, 1872; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris (5) Zool. 15: 1; TL: Madagascar
    • = Charaxes etesipe cacuthis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 457

  • Charaxes cacuthis; van Someren, 1966, 68; [BAFR], 358; [MadL]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes etesipe cacuthis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 457; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

  Larva on Annonaceae spp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes candiope (Godart, [1824])

  • Nymphalis candiope Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 353

  • Charaxes candiope uniformis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes candiope; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 364; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 1; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Croton sylvaticus, C. gratissimus, C. megalocarpus [PBSA]

  • C. c. candiope Most of Africa south of the Sahara Green-veined Charaxes

    • Charaxes viridicostatus Aurivillius, 1879; Ofvers K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 36 (7): 41; TL: Damaraland
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 366

    • Charaxes candiope candiope; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 366; van Someren, 1974, 467; [BAFR], 400; [BK], 283, pl. 31
• Charaxes carteri Butler, 1881

  • Charaxes carteri Butler, 1881; Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 108; TL: Acera

  • Charaxes carteri; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • ?Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. carteri; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 485
  • ?Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. carteri; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 102
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, [1775]) -. See [maps] Giant Charaxes

  • Papilio castor Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 61, pl. 37, f. C, D
  • Papilio castor Cramer, [1776]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8): 152

  • Charaxes castor flavimarginalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes castor severus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes castor; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 436; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 2-3; [Nigel Venters]; [BK]: 287, pl. 33; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spp., Chaetacme aristata [Nigel Venters]

  • C. c. castor Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Seirra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, N.Angola, Zaire, Uganda, N.Kenya, N.Tanzania, S.Ethiopia

    • Charaxes castor var./ab. godarti Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 232

    • Charaxes castor castor; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 439; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 181, pl. 1-2, f. 1-7; [BAFR], 360; [BK], 287 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes castor castor f. castor; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 440
    • Charaxes castor castor f. godarti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 440
    • Charaxes castor godarti; [LepIndex]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes castor; Butler, 1869, 51
  • C. c. arthuri van Someren, 1971 Pemba Island (Off Tanzania coast)

    • Charaxes castor arthuri van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 188, pl. 2, f. 10-11, pl. 3, f. 12-13; TL: Pemba Island

    • Charaxes castor arthuri; [BAFR], 360 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. comoranus Rothschild, 1903 Comoro Islands

    • Charaxes castor comoranus Rothschild, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (2): 310; TL: Great ComoroI.

    • Charaxes castor comoranus; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 189, pl. 3, f. 14-15; [BAFR], 360 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. flavifasciatus Butler, 1895 Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, NE.South Africa, Kenya (East of Rift)

    • Charaxes castor var. flavifasciatus Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 251; TL: Zomba
    • Charaxes castor var. orientalis Lanz, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 140; TL: Parumbira
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 438
    • Charaxes castor flavifasciatus f. reimeri Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 438; TL: Dar-es-Salaam

    • Charaxes castor flavifasciatus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 438; [PBSA]; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 187, pl. 2, f. 8-9; [BAFR], 360 (text); [BK], 287 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes castor flavifasciatus f. flavifasciatus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 438

    Larva on Bridelia micrantha, Afzelia quanzensis, Tragia , Gymnosporia sp., Maytenus senegalensis, Cassia fistula [PBSA]

• Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952 Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 278
  • Charaxes ephyra ab. catochrous Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 218

  • Charaxes catachrous; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes catochrous catochrous; van Someren & Jackson, 1952
  • Charaxes catochrous; Minig, 1975, 18; [BAFR], 381; [Nigel Venters]
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. catochrous; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 484; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 102

  Larva on (as catochrous) Scutia myrtina [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes cedreatis Hewitson, 1874 Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, Congo, N.Angola, C.A.R., NW.Zambia, Zaire, Southern Sudan, W.Tanzania, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Charaxes cedreatis Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 247; TL: West Africa
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. lutacea Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 485
    • = ; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 85
  • Charaxes dewitzi Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 255
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. vetula Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488, pl. 12, f. 8
  • Charaxes etheocles protocedreatis Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 556
  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis ♀-f. inexpectana van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 88; TL: Tanzania, NE of Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma distr., Mukuyu Forest, 5200ft
  • Charaxes cedreatis vetula ♀-f. pseudosmaragdalis van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 50

  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 85, pl. 1, f. 1-6
  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis ♀-f. dewitzi; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 90
  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis ♀-f. protocedreatis; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 87
  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis ♀-f. pseudosmaragdalis; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 89
  • Charaxes cedreatis cedreatis ♀-f. vetula; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 88
  • Charaxes cedreatis protocedreatis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes cedreatis pseudosmaragdalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes cedreatis vetula; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 277; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes cedreatis; Hewitson, 1876, Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Charaxes V): [94], pl. [49], f. 24; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 276; [EBW], (name only); [BAFR], 376; [BK]: 298, pl. 38, f. 489; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes dewitzi; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes etheocles cedreatis; Rothschild, 1900, 484 ♀
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. cedreatis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 487
  • ?Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. dewitzi; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 487

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Charaxes cedreatis (= Charaxes carteri); Hewitson, 1876, Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Charaxes V): [94], pl. [49], f. 22-23

  Larva on Albizia spp., Dalbergia spp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes chanleri Holland, 1896 NE.Kenya, S.Ethiopia. See [maps] Chanler's Charaxes

  • Charaxes chanleri Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1063): 262
  • ?Charaxes ephyra var. phaeacus Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 217; TL: German. E. Afr., Niam Niam
    • = Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. chanleri; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 483

  • Charaxes chanleri; Holland, 1896, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1098): 753; Rydon, 1982, 63; [BK]: 300; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes etheocles ♂-f. chanleri; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 483
  • Charaxes viola chanleri; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 268; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 133, pl. 20, f. 189-191; [BAFR], 381 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes chepalungu van Someren, 1969 Kenya (Chepalungu forest), Tanzania (Serengeti). See [maps]

  • Charaxes chepalungu van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 90, pl. 3, f. 21-25; TL: NW. Kenay, lower Sotik area, Chepalungu

  • Charaxes chepalunga[sic?]; [AfrL]
  • Charaxes chepalungu; [BAFR], 378; [BK]: 298, pl. 38, f. 488; [Nigel Venters]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Scutia myrtina [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes chevroti Collins & Larsen, 2005

  • Charaxes chevroti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975 N.Malawi (Lake Malawi), E.Zambia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes manica ♀-f. chintechi van Someren & Jackson, 1952; 269
  • Charaxes manica ♀-f. protomanica van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 91; TL: Malawi, Chintechi

  • Charaxes chintechi chintechi; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes chintechi pseudomanica; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes chintechi; van Someren, 1975, 107; Minig, 1976, Lambillionea 76 (1-2): 13; [BAFR], 376; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes manica ♀-f. chintechi; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 90
  • Charaxes protomanica; [BAFR], 376
  • ?Charaxes chintechi; Minig, 1976, 9

  Larva on Brachystegia spiciformis, Dalbergia lactea [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes chunguensis White & Grant, 1986

  • Charaxes chunguensis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes cithaeron C. & R. Felder, 1859 -. See [maps] Blue-spotted Charaxes

  • Charaxes cithaeron C. & R. Felder, 1859; Wien. ent. Monats. 3 (12): 398, pl. 8, f. 2-3

  • Charaxes cithaeron; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 379; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 4-5; [BK]: 291, pl. 35, f. 472; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Chaetachme aristata, Albizia fastigiata, Baphia racemosa, Trema bracteolata, Celtis soyauxii, Afzelia quanzensis, Maytenus senegalensis, Schotia latifolia [PBSA], Trema orientalis, Albizia adianthifolia, Celtis africana, Craibia brevecaudatus [Nigel Venters]

  • C. c. cithaeron South Africa (Natal) - Mocambique - NE.Tanzania, E.Zimbabwe

    • Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 225, pl. 19, f. 133-134,136-137, pl. 20, f. 138-139; [BAFR], 386; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes cithaeron; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 379
  • C. c. joanae van Someren, 1964 Zambia

    • Charaxes cithaeron joanae van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 227, pl. 20, f. 140-145; TL: Rhodesia, Mumbwa, W of Lusaka

    • Charaxes cithaeron joanae; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. kennethi Poulton, 1926 Kenya Coast

    • Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 539

    • Charaxes cithaeron kennethi; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 231, pl. 22, f. 157-158, pl. 23, f. 164-168; [BAFR], 386 (text); [BK], 292 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. nairobicus van Son, 1953 Kenya Highlands

    • Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 220

    • Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 232, pl. 21, f. 150-152, pl. 22, f. 159-160; [BAFR], 386 (text); [BK], 292 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. nyasae van Someren, 1964 Malawi

    • Charaxes cithaeron nyasae van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 229, pl. 21, f. 147-149, pl. 22, f. 153-156, pl. 23, f. 161-163; TL: Nyasaland, W. shore Lake Nyasa, 1800ft
    • Charaxes cithaeron ab. ♂ griseus Schultze, 1914; Ent. Rundsch. 31 (15): 82

    • Charaxes cithaeron griseus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes cithaeron nyasae; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes cithaeron nyasae ab. griseus; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 230, pl. 21, f. 146
• Charaxes congdoni Collins, 1989 Tanzania (Mountains Mufindi, Iringa Mwanihana). See [maps]

  • Charaxes congdoni; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia gummifera [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes contrarius Weymer, 1907 Kenya/Tanzania coast. See [maps] Contrary Charaxes

  • Charaxes etheocles var. contrarius Weymer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2): 44, pl. 2, f. 2
  • Charaxes subargentea van Someren & Rogers, 1932; J. E. Afr. Uganda nat. Hist. Soc. 42 & 43: 167
  • Charaxes contrarius f. conjugens van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 121, pl. 13, f. 110
  • Charaxes contrarius ♀-f. rosae van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 127, pl. 13, f. 112

  • Charaxes catochrous contrarius; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, 167
  • Charaxes contrarius contrarius; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes contrarius pseudorosae; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes contrarius; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 119, f. 27-28, pl. 13; [BAFR], 378; [BK]: 301, pl. 39, f. 496; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes contrarius ♀-f. contrarius; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 120
  • Charaxes ethalion rosae; [LepIndex]
  • Charaxes etheocles subargentea; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • ?Charaxes catochrous contrarius; van Someren & Rogers, 1952, 27

  Larva on Albizia spp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. c. lukosi Rydon, Congdon & Collins, 2007 Tanzania

    • Charaxes contrarius lukosi Rydon, Congdon & Collins, 2007; Metamorphosis 18 (4): 145; TL: Tanzania, Lukosi River, 7°40S, 36°20E, 2800'

    • Charaxes contrarius lukosi; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes cowani Butler, 1878 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Charaxes cowani Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (10): 285; TL: Fiaurantsoa

  • Charaxes cowani; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 370, pl. 11, f. 4; van Someren, 1974, 471; [EBW]; [BAFR], 400; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes cynthia Butler, [1866] -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes cynthia Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 626, pl. 36, f. 3; TL: Ashanti

  • Charaxes cynthia; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 405; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 10; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Bandeiraea simplicifolia, Albizia spp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. c. cynthia Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes lysianassa Westwood, 1874; Thes. ent. Oxon.: 181, pl. 34, f. 3-4; TL: Ashanti
      • = Charaxes cynthia; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 405
    • Charaxes guineensis Le Moult, 1933; Novit. Ent. 3: 16
      • = ; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 150

    • Charaxes cynthia cynthia; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 150, pl. 22-27; [BAFR], 368; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes cynthia guineensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. c. kinduana Le Cerf, 1923 E.Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., NW.Zaire, W.Uganda

    • Charaxes cynthia kinduana Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 366
    • Charaxes cynthia ab. mawamba Grünberg, 1912; Ergeb. Dt. Z.-Afr. Exped. 3 (Zool. 1): 538
    • Charaxes cynthia f. albofascia Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 367
    • Charaxes cynthia ab. cizeyi Lathy, 1926; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 1: 93, pl. 2, f. 6
    • Charaxes cynthia cameroonensis van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 151, pl. 27, f. 237-242
    • angusticlavius Rousseau-Decelle, 1934; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 39 (16): 231
    • Charaxes cynthia propinqua van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 155, pl. 23, f. 209-210, 213-214; TL: Uganda, Katera Forest, Masaka

    • Charaxes cynthia angusticlavius; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes cynthia cameroonensis; [BAFR], 368 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes cynthia cameroonensis ♀f. angusticlavius; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 151
    • Charaxes cynthia cizeyi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes cynthia kinduana; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 153, pl. 26, f. 231-236; [BAFR], 368 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes cynthia mawamba; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes cynthia propinqua; [BAFR], 368 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. c. mukuyu van Someren, 1969 Tanzania

    • Charaxes cynthia mukuyu van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 158, pl. 23, f. 207-208, 211-212; TL: Tanzania, Kigoma District, Mukuyu Forest

    • Charaxes cynthia mukuyu; [BAFR], 368 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. parvicaudatus Lathy, 1926 Eastern Uganda, NW.Kenya

    • Charaxes cynthia parvicaudatus Lathy, 1926; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 1: 94

    • Charaxes cynthia parvicaudatus; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 154, pl. 24, f. 215-222; [BAFR], 368 (text); [BK]: 284, pl. 32; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. c. sabulosus Talbot, 1928 SE.Zaire (Shaba)

    • Charaxes cynthia sabulosus Talbot, 1928; Bull. Hill Mus. 2: 229
    • Charaxes cynthia sabulosus f. aurantiaca Rousseau-Decelle, 1934; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 39 (16): 231

    • Charaxes cynthia sabulosus; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 156, pl. 25, f. 223-230; [BAFR], 368 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes cynthia sabulosus f. aurantiaca; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 157, pl. 25, f. 227-228
• Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 Sao Thome (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926; Entomologist 59: 221; TL: Sao Thomé

  • Charaxes defulvata; Plantrou, 1983; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes varanes defulvata; van Someren, 1974, 480; [BAFR], 398; [CoL]
• Charaxes dilutus Rothschild, 1898 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes eupalus dilutus Rothschild, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 (1): 97; TL: Zomba, Nyassaland

  • Charaxes dilutus amanica; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes dilutus; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes eupale dilutus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 512, pl. 7, f. 6
  • C. d. dilutus E.Angola, Malawi, W.Tanzania

    • Charaxes dilutus dilutus; van Someren, 1974, 441; [BAFR], 403; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes dilutus; Joicey & Talbot, 1921, 69
  • C. d. ngonga van Someren, 1974 Kenya highlands, Uganda (kigezi)

    • Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974; 442
    • Charaxes dilutus miotoni van Someren, 1975; 109

    • Charaxes dilutus ngonga; [BAFR], 403 (text); [AfrL]

    [BK] says Charaxes dilutus mitoni van Someren, 1975 is just individualform of Charaxes eupale. No dilutus from Kenya. -- msa

  • C. d. kasitu White & Grant, 1989

    • Charaxes dilutus kasitu; [AfrL]
• Charaxes diversiforma van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Zaire (Shaba), NW.Zambia, Angola. See [maps]

  • Charaxes viola diversiforma van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 44
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. albimacula van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. ochremaculata van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. caerulescens van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. cupreopurpurea van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. purpurea van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. viridicaerulea van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. albocaerulea van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola loandae van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 144, pl. 17, f. 145-152; TL: NW.Angola
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. primitiva van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 144, pl. 17, f. 152
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. basiviridis van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 145, pl. 17, f. 151
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. violitincta van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 145, pl. 17, f. 145
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. vansonoides van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 145, pl. 17, f. 149
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. loandae van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 145, pl. 17, f. 146
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. protokirki van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 145, pl. 17, f. 148
  • Charaxes viola loandae ♀-f. instabilis van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 146, pl. 17, f. 147

  • Charaxes diversiforma; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes loandae; van Someren, 1975, 108; [BAFR], 382
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 141, pl. 18, f. 157-172; [BAFR], 381 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. albimacula; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 143, pl. 18, f. 161, 170
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. albocaerulea; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 143, pl. 18, f. 159-160
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. caerulescens; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 143, pl. 18, f. 165-166
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. cupreopurpurea; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 143, pl. 18, f. 171
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. diversiforma; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 143, pl. 18, f. 162, 169
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. ochremaculata; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 143, pl. 18, f. 167-168
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. purpurea; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 141
  • Charaxes viola diversiforma ♀-f. viridicaerulea; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 141
  • Charaxes viola loandae; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

  Larva on Acacia macrothrysa, Amblygonocarpus andongensis [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899 Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Zaire, Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 244; TL: Sierra Leone

  • Charaxes doubledayi viridis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes doubledayi; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 496; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 7; [BAFR], 394; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes dowsetti Henning, 1988 Northern Malawi (Nyika Plateau)

  • Charaxes dowsetti; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Agauria salicifolia [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes dreuxi Bouche & Minig, 1977 Ivory Coast. See [maps]

  • Charaxes dreuxi Bouche & Minig, 1977; Lambillionea 77 (3-4): 27; TL: Ivory Coast

  • Charaxes dreuxi; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes druceanus Butler, 1869 -. See [maps] Silver-barred Charaxes

  • Charaxes druceanus Butler, 1869; Cistula ent. 1 (1): 4; TL: "Old Calabar" S.Nigeria

  • Charaxes druceanus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 415; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 8; [BK]: 289, pl. 34, f. 465; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Syzygium cordatum, S. guineense, Bersama abyssinica [PBSA], Syzygium cordatum [Nigel Venters]

  • C. d. druceanus Nigeria, Gabon, Guinea

    • Charaxes druceanus druceanus; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 228, pl. 14, f. 77-81; [BAFR], 364 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. cinadon Hewitson, 1870 South Africa (Natal)

    • Charaxes cinadon Hewitson, 1870; Ent. mon. Mag. 6 (68): 177; TL: Natal, S. Africa
      • = Charaxes druceanus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 416

    • Charaxes druceanus cinadon; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 231, pl. 14, f. 82-84; [BAFR], 364 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Charaxes cinadon (= Charaxes andranodorus andranodorus); Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 5 (28): 335
  • C. d. obscura Rebel, 1914 N.Tanzania, Uganda, Ruwanda

    • Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914; Ann. Mus. Wien. 28: 253; TL: NW. en Lake Tanganyika-Lake Kivu Prov. 1900-2100m
    • Charaxes druceanus kivuanus Jordan, 1925; Novit. zool. 32 (3): 288; TL: South end of Lake Kivu
      • = ; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 235, pl. 16, f. 97-98
    • Charaxes cryanae Le Cerf, 1932; Bull. Mus. Paris (2) 4: 406; TL: SW Lake Kivu
      • = ; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 235, pl. 16, f. 95-96

    • Charaxes druceanus obscura; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 235, pl. 15, f. 92, pl. 16, f. 93-100; [BAFR], 364 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Angola, Malawi, Zambia, SW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (2): 338; TL: Mt. Mlanji, south Nyasaland

    • Charaxes druceanus proximans; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 234, pl. 15, f. 87-88; [BAFR], 364; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. septentrionalis Lathy, 1926 Kenya, E Uganda (West of Rift)

    • Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis Lathy, 1926; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 1: 93; TL: Hoey's Bridge, Trans-Nzoia, Kenya
    • Charaxes alicea Stoneham, 1931; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (5): -; TL: Kitale, Trans-Nzoia
    • Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis var. lugari van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 237, pl. 17, f. 105-108; TL: Lugari, Trans-Nzoia

    • Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 236, pl. 17, f. 101-102; [BAFR], 364 (text); [BK], 289 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis var. alicea; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 236, pl. 18, f. 109-110
  • C. d. moerens Jordan, 1936 South Africa (N Drakensburg Mnts)

    • Charaxes druceanus moerens Jordan, 1936; Novit. Zool. 39: 333; TL: Marieskop, Drakensberg Range

    • Charaxes druceanus moerens; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 232, pl. 15, f. 89-91; [BAFR], 364; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. teita van Someren, 1939 E.Kenya (Teita hills)

    • Charaxes druceanus teita van Someren, 1939; J. E. Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (3) / (64): 177; TL: Teita Hills, Chawia Forest, Bura Bluff

    • Charaxes druceanus teita; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 238, pl. 18, f. 111-112, 114-116; [BAFR], 364 (text); [BK], 289 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. entabeni van Someren, 1963 South Africa (Zoutpansberg Mnts)

    • Charaxes druceanus entabeni van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 233, pl. 19, f. 117-122; TL: Northern Transvaal, Zoutpansberg, Entabeni

    • Charaxes druceanus entabeni; [BAFR], 364 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. stevensoni van Someren, 1963 Zimbabwe

    • Charaxes druceanus stevensoni van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 233, pl. 15, f. 85-86; TL: S.Rhodesia, Vumba Mts. (E side of S.Rhodesia)

    • Charaxes druceanus stevensoni; [BAFR], 364; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. katamayu Plantrou, 1982 Kenya (Nairobi highlands)

    • Charaxes druceanus katamayu Plantrou, 1982; 108

    • Charaxes druceanus katamayu; [BK], 289 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. vivianae Plantrou, 1982 Southern Sudan

    • Charaxes druceanus vivianae Plantrou, 1982; 107

    • Charaxes druceanus vivianae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. williamsi Plantrou, 1982 SE.Kenya

    • Charaxes druceanus williamsi Plantrou, 1982; 109

    • Charaxes druceanus williamsi; [BK], 289 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. brazza Turlin, 1987

    • Charaxes druceanus brazza; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. praestans Turlin, 1989 NE.Tanzania (Usumbara Mnts)

    • Charaxes druceanus praestans; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. d. solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992 N.Transvaal

    • Charaxes druceanus solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992; Metamorphosis 3 (3): 118; TL: S.Africa, Blouberg, N.Transvaal

    • Charaxes druceanus solitaria; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes dubiosus Röber, 1936 "Southern Cameroun"

  • Charaxes dubiosus Röber, 1936; Ent. Rundschau 53 (41): 577, f. 2

  • Charaxes dubiosus; [BAFR], 378 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes etheocles dubiosus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes dunkeli Röber, 1939 Known from a single type specimen taken in Cameroun

  • Charaxes dunkeli Röber, 1939; Ent. Rundschau 56 (32): 357; TL: Cameroun

  • Charaxes dunkeli; [BAFR], 396 (text); [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Charaxes etesipe (Godart, [1824]) Tropical Africa. See [maps] Savannah Charaxes

  • Nymphalis etesipe Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 355; TL: Sierra Leone

  • Charaxes etesipe; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 455; [EBW]; [BK]: 293, pl. 36, f. 477; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Charaxes etesippe[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 6, 9

  Larva on Entada spp., Afzelia quanzensis [BK]

  • C. e. etesipe Sierra Leone, Ivory coast, Liberia, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, S.Chad, S.Sudan, N.Angola, Uganda, N.Kenya

    • Nymphalis etheta Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 356
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 455

    • Charaxes etesipe etesipe; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 455; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 59, pl. 4, f. 23, 32, pl. 5, f. 33-35, 37-39; [BAFR], 356; [BK], 294 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. abyssinicus Rothschild, 1900 Ethiopia (West of Rift)

    • Charaxes etesipe abyssinicus Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 458; TL: Abyssinia, Sciotalit, Scioa

    • Charaxes etesipe abyssinicus; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 61, pl. 5, f. 36, 40; [BAFR], 356 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. gordoni van Someren, 1935 Kenya (NE side of Mnt Kenya)

    • Charaxes etesipe gordoni van Someren, 1935; 198

    • Charaxes etesipe gordoni; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 63, pl. 6, f. 43, 47; [BAFR], 356 (text); [BK], 294 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. patrizii Storace, 1949 Somalia

    • Charaxes etesipe patrizii Storace, 1949; Ann. Mus. Civ. Nat. Giacomo Doria 64: 21; TL: Somaliland

    • Charaxes etesipe patrizii; [BAFR], 356 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. pemba van Someren, 1966 Pemba Island (Off Tanzanian coast)

    • Charaxes etesipe pemba van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 64, pl. 6, f. 46, 48; TL: Tanzania, Pemba Island, NE of Zanzibar

    • Charaxes etesipe pemba; [BAFR], 356 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. shaba Berger, 1981 Zaire (Shaba)

    • Charaxes etesipe shaba Berger, 1981; Les Papillons du Zaire: 118

    • Charaxes etesipe shaba; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. tavetensis Rothschild, 1894 Malawi, Mocambique, Kenya (coast), Tanzania

    • Charaxes tavetensis Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (2): 535; TL: Taveta (East Africa)

    • Charaxes etesipe tavetensis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 5, f. 4; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 458; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 62, pl. 6, f. 41-42, 45-46; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 356 (text); [BK], 294 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Entada abyssinica, Ricinus communis [PBSA]

  • C. e. hercules Turlin & Lequeux, 2002

    • Charaxes etesipe hercules Turlin & Lequeux, 2002; Lambillionea 102 (1 I): 73, f. 4-6; TL: Kalanga Forest, Bugalla I., Ssese Islands, Uganda, 1200m

    • Charaxes etesipe hercules; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes ethalion Boisduval, 1847 -. See [maps] Satyr Charaxes

  • Charaxes ethalion Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 593
  • Nymphalis erithalion Doubleday, [1849]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 48, f. 1
    • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 478

  • Charaxes ethalion ethalionoides; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes ethalion kitungolensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes ethalion; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 478, pl. 12, f. 4, 6; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 11; [BK]: 297, pl. 37, f. 486; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia , Acacia , Parki , Tamarindus indica, Cathormion , Dichrostachys , Mimosa , Newtonia , Peltophorum , Piptadenia , Pseudoprosopis , Maytenus , Scutia [BK]: 298

  • C. e. ethalion South Africa, Mocambique, Zimbabwe

    • Charaxes rosae Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 255
    • Charaxes ethalion ♀-f. swynnertoni Poulton, 1919; Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 31: lxxix
    • Charaxes ethalion ethalion ♀-f. aurantimacula van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 283:Natal

    • Charaxes ethalion ethalion; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 281, pl. 1, f. 1-2; [BAFR], 376; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes ethalion ethalion ♀-f. ethalion; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 282, pl. 1, f. 2
    • Charaxes ethalion ethalion ♀-f. rosae; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 284, pl. 1, f. 3-4, 7
    • Charaxes ethalion ethalion ♀-f. swynnertoni; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 283, pl. 2, f. 10
    • Charaxes ethalion rosae; [CoL]
    • Charaxes ethalion swynnertoni; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

    Larva on Albizia adianthifolia, Acacia ataxacantha, Parkia filicoidea, Tamarindus indicas [PBSA]

  • C. e. kitungulensis Strand, 1911

    • Charaxes ethalion kitungulensis Strand, 1911; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 5 (2): 288; TL: Kitungula

    • Charaxes ethalion kitungulensis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. kikuyuensis van Someren, 1967 Kenya highlands

    • Charaxes ethalion kikuyuensis van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 296, pl. 4, f. 36; TL: Kenya, Nairobi distr., Karura Forest

    • Charaxes ethalion kikuyuensis; [BK], 297 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. littoralis van Someren, 1967 Kenya/Tanzania coast

    • Charaxes ethalion littoralis van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 294, pl. 4, f. 37-39; TL: Kenya, Shimba Hills, Kwale Dist.

    • Charaxes ethalion littoralis; [BAFR], 376 (text); [BK], 297 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. marsabitensis van Someren, 1967 Kenya (Mnt Marsabit)

    • Charaxes ethalion marsabitensis van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 298, pl. 5, f. 40-41, 43-44; TL: Kenya, Northern Frontier Prov., at Mt. Marsabit

    • Charaxes ethalion marsabitensis; [BAFR], 376 (text); [BK], 297 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. nyanzae van Someren, 1967 SW.Uganda, Kenya (E of Lake Victoria), Tanzania (Kungwe)

    • Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 292, pl. 4, f. 31-35, pl. 5, f. 42, 45-48; TL: SW.Uganda, Kikagati, Kagera River

    • Charaxes ethalion nyanzae; [BAFR], 376 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. binghami Henning, 1982 N.Zimbabwe, S.Zambia, N.Malawi, S.Tanzania

    • Charaxes ethalion binghami Henning, 1982; 84
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 286, pl. 2, f. 11-18, pl. 3, f. 19-30; TL: Malawi, Nkata Bay
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana ♀-f. nyasana van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 286
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana ♀-f. cithaeronoides van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 287, pl. 3, f. 25-26, 28-29; TL: Malawi, Mlosa Stream, Lauderdale
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana ♀-f. suppressa van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 288, pl. 3, f. 20, 32; TL: Malawi, Port Herald, Mlosa Stream
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana ♀-f. demaculata van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 288, pl. 3, f. 21, 24; TL: Malawi, Lugeri Stream, Mlanje
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana ♀-f. imitans van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 290; TL: Malawi, Lauderdale Est., Mlaye, Mlosa Stream
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasicus van Someren, 1975; 109

    • Charaxes ethalion binghami; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasicus; [BAFR], 376
  • C. e. fisheri Henning, 1982 N.Zambia

    • Charaxes ethalion fisheri Henning, 1982; 88
    • Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 294, pl. 4, f. 31-35, pl. 5, f. 42, 45-48; TL: S.W. Uganda, Kikagati, Kagera River
    • Charaxes ethalion ♀-f. howardi van Someren & Jackson, 1952; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 260

    • Charaxes ethalion fisheri; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes ethalion howardi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes ethalion nyanzae; [BK], 297 (note)
    • Charaxes ethalion nyanzae ♀-f. howardi; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 293
  • C. e. handmani Henning, 1982 S.Malawi

    • Charaxes ethalion handmani Henning, 1982; 86
    • ?Charaxes ethalion nyasana van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 286
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasicus van Someren, 1975; 209

    • Charaxes ethalion handmani; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes ethalion nyasana; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, [1777]) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio etheocles Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 34, pl. 119, f. D, E

  • Charaxes etheocles malvacea; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes etheocles silvestris; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes etheocles; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 6-7; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 480, pl. 12, f. 5, 7-8; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 99; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 95, f. 12, pl. 96, f. 1; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Scutia myrtina, Albizia spp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. e. etheocles Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria

    • Charaxes alladinis Butler, 1869; Cistula ent. 1 (1): 5; TL: ?
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 482
    • Nymphalis ephyra Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 330, 355
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 481
    • Charaxes hollandii Butler, 1893; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12 (70): 266; TL: Sierra Leone
      • = Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀f. ephyra; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 101
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. seriata Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 487
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. regalis Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 486
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. fulgens Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 487, pl. 12, f. 5

    • Charaxes alladinis; Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: 269
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 481; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 99, f. 1, pl. 6, 7; [BAFR], 378; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. alladinis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 487; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 100
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. ephyra; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 485
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. etheocles; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 486
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. fulgens; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 101
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. hollandi; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 484
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. regalis; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 101
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. ephyra; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 101
    • Charaxes etheocles ochracea ♀-f. seriata; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 107
    • Charaxes etheocles regalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes etheocles seriata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes etheocles; Thon, 1823, 74
    • Nymphalis etheocles; Godart, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 355

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Charaxes alladinis; Dewitz, 1887, Nova Acta Leop. Carol. 50 (4): 371, pl. 17, f. 8 ♂
      • = Charaxes dewitzi; Butler, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 255 (is ♀)
  • C. e. biinclinata van Someren, 1969 SE.Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Zaire

    • Charaxes etheocles biinclinata van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 102, pl. 10, f. 82-83, 85-87, pl. 11, f. 92-93, 96-97; TL: Moyen Congo

    • Charaxes etheocles biinclinata; [BAFR], 378 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. e. carpenteri van Someren & Jackson, 1957 SW.Congo, Zaire (Shaba)

    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 54
    • Charaxes etheocles ♀-f. carpenteri Poulton, 1919; Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 31: lxxxii
    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri ♀-f. pallidimacula van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 54
    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri ♂-f. catochrous van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 111

    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 108, f. 2-4; [BAFR], 378; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri ♀-f. carpenteri; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 109
    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri ♀-f. pallidimacula; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 110
    • Charaxes etheocles carpenteri ♂-f. carpenteri; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 109
  • C. e. evansi van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Kenya (West of Rift) Demon Charaxes

    • Charaxes etheocles evansi van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 54
    • Charaxes etheocles ♀f. evansi van Someren & Rogers, 1932
    • Charaxes etheocles evansi ♀-f. conjuncta van Someren & Jackson, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 113

    • Charaxes etheocles evansi; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 112, f. 5-6, pl. 9, f. 76-81; [BAFR], 378; [BK]: 297, pl. 37, f. 485; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Albizia , Bandeiraea , Grifonia , Scutia , Celtis [BK]

  • C. e. ochracea van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Gabon

    • Charaxes etheocles ochracea van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 54
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. violacea Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 485
    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. ochracea Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 486

    • Charaxes etheocles ochracea; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 106; [BAFR], 378 (text); [AfrL]
    • Charaxes etheocles ochracea ♀-f. ochracea; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 106
    • Charaxes ochracea; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes eudoxus (Drury, 1782) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio eudoxus Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 44, pl. 33, f. 1, 4

  • Charaxes eudoxus lequeuxi; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes eudoxus mechovi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes eudoxus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 3; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 418; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 2; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Syzygium cordatum [Nigel Venters]

  • C. e. eudoxus Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast

    • Charaxes eudoxus eudoxus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 419; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 239, pl. 8, f. 67-68; [BAFR], 366; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes eudoxus; Carpenter, 1937
  • C. e. cabacus Jordan, 1925 Uganda (Entebbe)

    • Charaxes eudoxus cabacus Jordan, 1925; Novit. zool. 32 (3): 288; TL: Uganda, Entebbe

    • Charaxes eudoxus cabacus; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 244, pl. 10, f. 83-84; [BAFR], 366 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. amaurus Poulton, 1929 NW.Kenya (East of R Nile)

    • Charaxes eudoxus amaurus Poulton, 1929; Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77: 478
    • Charaxes eudoxus amaurus f. nzoia van Someren, 1970; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 246; TL: NW.Kenya, Kitale

    • Charaxes eudoxus amaurus; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 244, pl. 10, f. 85-88; [BAFR], 366 (text); [BK]: 289, pl. 34, f. 466; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Syzygium , Garcinia , Schefflera [BK]: 290

  • C. e. katerae Carpenter, 1937 Uganda (Lake Victoria)

    • Charaxes eudoxus katerae Carpenter, 1937; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86: 91, pl. 1, f. 5, pl. 2, f. 5

    • Charaxes eudoxus katerae; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 243, pl. 9, f. 79-82; [BAFR], 366 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. zambiae van Someren, 1970 Zambia (West of Luangwa valley)

    • Charaxes eudoxus zambiae van Someren, 1970; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 246, pl. 10, f. 89; TL: Zambia, Shiwa Ngandu

    • Charaxes eudoxus zambiae; [BAFR], 366; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. mitchelli Plantrou & Howarth, 1977 Zambia (Lake Kashiba)

    • Charaxes eudoxus mitchelli Plantrou & Howarth, 1977; Proc. Br. ent. nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1-2): 22

    • Charaxes eudoxus mitchelli; [BAFR], 366; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. biokoensis Canu, 1989 Bioko Island (Fernando Po in the Gulf of Guinea)

    • Charaxes biokoensis; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes eudoxus biokoensis; [AfrL]
  • C. e. boersmana Plantrou, 1980 Northern Nigeria

    • Charaxes eudoxus boersmana Plantrou, 1980; 11

    • Charaxes eudoxus boersmana; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. imatongensis Plantrou, 1982 Southern Sudan

    • Charaxes eudoxus imatongensis Plantrou, 1982; 105

    • Charaxes eudoxus imatongensis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. lequexi Plantrou, 1982 Rwanda, Burundi

    • Charaxes eudoxus lequexi Plantrou, 1982; 101
  • C. e. mechowi Rothschild & Jordan, 1899 N.Angola, NW.Zambia, Congo, C.A.R., Cameroun, E.Nigeria, W.Uganda, NW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild & Jordan, 1899; Novit. zool. 6 (index): 454 (index), (2): pl. 8, f. 3
    • Charaxes eudoxus theresae Le Cerf, 1932; Bull. Mus. Paris (2) 4: 405

    • Charaxes eudoxus mechowi; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 418; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 240, pl. 8, f. 69-74, pl. 9, f. 75-77; Plantrou & Howarth, 1977, 22; [BAFR], 366 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes eudoxus theresae; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 242, pl. 9, f. 78
  • C. e. raffaellae Plantrou, 1983 NW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes eudoxus raffaellae Plantrou, 1983; 103

    • Charaxes eudoxus raffaellae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. e. goubandana Nicat, 2002

    • Charaxes eudoxus goubandana Nicat, 2002; Lambillionea 102 (2): 158, f. 7-10; TL: Labé, Massif du Fouta-Djalon, Guinée

    • Charaxes eudoxus goubandana; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio eupale Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 7, pl. 6, f. 3

  • Charaxes eupale citrinella; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes eupale inornata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes eupale schultzei; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes eupale; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 510; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 4; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Scutia myrtina, Albizia spp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. e. eupale Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Liberia

    • Papilio amasia Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 136
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 511

    • Charaxes eupale eupale; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 511; van Someren, 1974, 438; [BAFR], 403; [AfrL]
    • Charaxes eupale; Doubleday, 1844, 111
  • C. e. latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Gabon, N.Angola, Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya, Southern Sudan Common Green Charaxes

    • Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 74
    • Charaxes eupale schultzi Röber, 1936; Ent. Rundschau 53 (41): 575

    • Charaxes eupale latimargo; van Someren, 1974, 440; [BAFR], 403; [BK]: 295, pl. 37, f. 480; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

    Larva on ALbizia , Scutia [BK]

  • C. e. veneris White & Grant, 1989

    • Charaxes dilutus veneris White & Grant, 1989

    • Charaxes eupale veneris; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia; [AfrL]
• Charaxes figini ?van Someren, 1969 Western Eritrea

  • Charaxes etheocles f. figinii Storace, 1948; Ann. Mus. Civ. Nat. Giacomo Doria 63: 139 ♂

  • Charaxes etheocles figinii; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes figini; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes figinii; Rydon, 1982, 63
  • ?Charaxes viola figinii; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 149 [??]
• Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977 Malawi, Central & Eastern Zambia, W.Tanzania. See [maps] Fiona's Charaxes

  • Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (20): 232, pl. 21-22; TL: Karonga-Chipita Road, northern Malawi

  • Charaxes fionae; [BAFR], 392; [BK]: 299, pl. 38, f. 490; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Acacia macrothrysa, Dalbergia boehmii, less Entada abyssinica Henning, 1977, Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (20): 234

• Charaxes fournierae Le Moult, 1930 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes fournierae Le Moult, 1930; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1930 (9): 171; TL: Moyen Congo Fr.

  • Charaxes fournierae; [EBW]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. f. fournierae Congo, Cameroun, C.A.R.

    • Charaxes fournierae fournierae; Howarth, 1969, 152; van Someren, 1974, 431; [BAFR], 356 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes fournierae; Le Moult, 1933, 17
  • C. f. kigeziensis Howarth, 1969 SW.Uganda

    • Charaxes fournierae kigeziensis Howarth, 1969; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 38 (11-12): 152

    • Charaxes fournierae kigeziensis; van Someren, 1974, 432; [BAFR], 356; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes kigeziensis; [iNaturalist]
  • C. f. vandenberghei Collins, 1982 SW.Ruanda

    • Charaxes fournierae vandenberghei Collins, 1982; Misc. Ent. 49: 99

    • Charaxes fournierae vandenberghei; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. f. jolybouyeri Vingerhoedt, 1998

    • Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri; [AfrL]
    • Charaxes jolybouyeri; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes fulgurata Aurivillius, 1899 N.Angola, Zambia, NW.Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Charaxes fulgurata Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 236
    • = Charaxes etheocles etheocles; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 482
  • ?Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. lunigera Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488
  • Charaxes fulgurata ♀f. mima Riley, 1921; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921 (1-2): 243

  • Charaxes fulgurata lunigera; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes fulgurata; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 92, pl. 15, f. 119-123, pl. 16, f. 124-129; [BAFR], 376; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes fulgurata ♀f. mima; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 93, pl. 16, f. 126-127
  • ?Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. fulgurata; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 483

  Larva on Amblygonocarpus andongensis, Erythrophleum africanum [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891) -. See [maps] Forest Pearl Charaxes

  • Palla varanes var. fulvescens Aurivillius, 1891; Ent. Tidskr. 12: 216; TL: Cameroons

  • Charaxes fulvescens rubenarturi; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes fulvescens; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 359; [EBW]; [BK], 282, pl. 31; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Allophylus [BK]

  • C. f. fulvescens Northern Nigeria, Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, C.A.R.

    • Charaxes fulvescens fulvescens; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 361; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 210, pl. 8, f. 43; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. f. imenti Plantrou, 1988 Central Kenya (East of Rift)

    • Charaxes fulvescens imenti; [BK], 282 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. f. maesseni Plantrou, 1988 Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria
  • C. f. marialuisae Canu, 1989 Bioko Island (Fernando Po in Gulf of Guinea)

    • Charaxes fulvescens marialuisae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. f. monitor Rothschild, 1900 Southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (West of Rift), Rwanda, Burundi, NW.Tanzania, E.Zaire, NW.Zambia

    • Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 361; TL: Unyoro, Uganda
    • Charaxes fulvescens stonehami Jeffery, 1931; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (4): ?; TL: SE.Mt. Elgon
      • = ; [BK], 441

    • Charaxes acuminatus stonehami; [CoL]
    • Charaxes fulvescens monitor; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 210, pl. 8, f. 41-42; [BAFR], 398; [BK], 282 (note); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Charaxes acuminatus stonehami (= Charaxes acuminatus stonehamiana); van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 218, pl. 11, f. 61-62
    • ?Charaxes acuminatus stonehami (= Charaxes acuminatus stonehamiana); [BAFR], 400 (text)
  • C. f. senegala van Someren, 1975 Senegal

    • Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975; 103

    • Charaxes fulvescens senegala; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes fuscus Plantrou, 1967 Only known from a single male caught at Bangui C.A.R.

  • Charaxes fuscus Plantrou, 1967; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 72 (1-2): 66

  • Charaxes fuscus; van Someren, 1972, 240; [BAFR], 384 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes galawadiwosi Plantrou & Rougeot, 1979 Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes galawadiwosi Plantrou & Rougeot, 1979; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 84 (5-6): 139

  • Charaxes galawadiwosi; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1962 Zimbabwe, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1962; J. Ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 25 (1): 146 [♂]
  • Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1963; Novos Taxa ent. 29: 9 [♀]

  • Charaxes gallagheri; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 94, pl. 15, f. 116-118; [BAFR], 372; [PBSA]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Diospyros natalensis ssp. nummularia [PBSA], Diospyros natalensis [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes galleyanus Darge & Minig, 1984

  • Charaxes galleyanus; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes gerdae Rydon, 1989

  • Charaxes gerdae; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes grahamei van Someren, 1969 Tanzania (NE Lake Tanganika). See [maps]

  • Charaxes grahamei van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 115, f. 7-8, pl. 12; TL: Tanzania, Kigoma District in Mukuyu Forest
  • Charaxes grahamei ♀-f. lacteata van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 117; TL: Tanzania, Kigoma District, Mukuyu Forest

  • Charaxes grahamei; [BAFR], 378; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis guderiana Dewitz, 1879; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2): 28 [200], pl. 2, f. 18; TL: (Angola)

  • Charaxes guderiana; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 473, pl. 7, f. 7, pl. 12, f. 3; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 197, pl. 1, f. 1-2; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 5; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Brachystegia spicaeformis, B. boehmii, B. taxifolia, Julbernardia globiflora, Amblygonocarpus adnongensis [PBSA], Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora [Nigel Venters]

  • C. g. guderiana NE.Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zaire (Shaba), Zimbabwe, Mocambique, Malawi, Tanzania

    • Charaxes pelias var. tanganika Robbe, 1892; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 36: 133 (female)
      • = Charaxes guderiana; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 473

    • Charaxes guderiana guderiana; van Someren, 1970, 199; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes guderiana; Trimen, 1891, 81
    • Charaxes guderianus guderianus; [BAFR], 372
  • C. g. rabaiensis Poulton, 1929 Kenya coast Blue Spangled Charaxes Guderian's Charaxes

    • Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis Poulton, 1929; Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77: 482

    • Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 202, pl. 1, f. 3-4; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes guderianus rabaiensis; [BAFR], 372 (text); [BK]: 301, pl. 40, f. 497
• Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871 Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., Zaire. See [maps]

  • Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871; Ent. mon. Mag. 8: 120; TL: Cameroons
  • Charaxes dux Staudinger, 1886; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (14): 170; TL: Gaboon
    • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 399
  • Charaxes gabonica Crowley, 1890; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 553, pl. 17, f. 3; TL: Gaboon
    • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 399

  • Charaxes hadrianus hadrianus; van Someren, 1972, 221; [BAFR], 355
  • Charaxes hadrianus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 398, pl. 7, f. 4; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 7; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Ouratea reticulata [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes hansali C. & R. Felder, [1867] -. See [maps] Cream-banded Charaxes

  • Charaxes hansalii C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 446, pl. 59, f. 5-6; TL: Africa, Bogos

  • Charaxes hansali; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 440; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes hansalii; [BK]: 287, pl. 33; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

  Larva on (as hansalii) Salvadora , Dobera , Osyris , Colpoon [BK], Osyris lanceolata, Colpoon compressum, Salvadora persica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. h. hansali N.Ethiopia

    • Charaxes hansali hansali; [BAFR], 360; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hansalii[sic] hansalii; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 190, pl. 3, f. 16
  • C. h. arabica Riley, 1931 SE.Arabia (Quara Mnts)

    • Charaxes hansali arabica Riley, 1931; Entomologist 64: 279

    • Charaxes hansali arabica; [BAFR], 360 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hansalii arabica; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes hansalii[sic] arabica; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 193, pl. 4, f. 23-24
  • C. h. baringana Rothschild, 1905 Southern Sudan, W.Uganda, Ruwanda, Kenya, N.Tanzania

    • Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 (1): 78; TL: Lake Baringo

    • Charaxes hansali baringana; [BAFR], 360 (text); [BK], 287 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hansalii baringana; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes hansalii[sic] baringana; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 191, pl. 3, f. 17-18
  • C. h. kulalae van Someren, 1975 Kenya (Mnt Kulal)

    • Charaxes hansalii[sic] kulalensis van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 192, pl. 4, f. 19-22; TL: Kenya, Mt. Kulal, SE of Lake Rudolf
    • Charaxes hansali kulalae van Someren, 1975; 108

    • Charaxes hansali kulalae; [BAFR]: 360 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hansalii kulalensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. h. yemeni Turlin, 1998

    • Charaxes hansali yemeni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes hildebrandti (Dewitz, 1879) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis hildebrandtii Dewitz, 1879; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2): 28, pl. 2, f. 16; TL: Angola

  • Charaxes hildebrandti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 469; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 8; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes hildebrandtii; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • C. h. hildebrandti Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., Zaire, W.Uganda

    • Charaxes galba Distant, [1880]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (4): 709
      • = Charaxes hildebrandti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 469
    • Charaxes talagugae Holland, 1886; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 13: 332; TL: Ogowé R.
      • = Charaxes hildebrandti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 469

    • Charaxes hildebrandti hildebrandti; van Someren, 1972, 218; [BAFR], 370; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hildebrandti; Aurivillius, 1894, 311
  • C. h. gillesi Plantrou, 1973 Ivory Coast, Ghana

    • Charaxes hildebrandti gillesi Plantrou, 1973; 274

    • Charaxes hildebrandti gillesi; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hildebrandtii gillesi; [CoL]
  • C. h. katangensis Talbot, 1928 Zaire (Shaba & adjacent area of Zambia)

    • Charaxes hildebrandti katangensis Talbot, 1928; Bull. Hill Mus. 2: 229

    • Charaxes hildebrandti katangensis; van Someren, 1972, 219; Darge, 1975, 86; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes hildebrandtii katangensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes howarthi Minig, 1976 N.Angola, Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi. See [maps]

  • Charaxes howarthi Minig, 1976; Lambillionea 76 (1-2): 14

  • Charaxes howarthi; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Brachystegia spiciformis, Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 531, pl. 11, f. 3; TL: Whydah, Gold Coast

  • Charaxes imperialis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 6, f. 5; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 394; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. imperialis Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes imperialis imperialis; van Someren, 1972, 223; [BAFR], 394; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. albipunctus Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Cameroun, C.A.R., N.Zaire

    • Charaxes imperialis albipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 68; TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons

    • Charaxes imperialis albipuncta; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes imperialis albipunctus; van Someren, 1972, 225; Darge, 1983, 87; [BAFR], 394
  • C. i. paulianus Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 Zaire (Shaba)

    • Charaxes imperialis pauliani Rousseau-Decelle, 1933; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 38 (17): 269

    • Charaxes imperialis pauliani; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes imperialis paulianus; van Someren, 1972, 227; [BAFR], 394 (text)
  • C. i. ugandicus van Someren, 1935 Uganda

    • Charaxes imperialis ugandicus van Someren, 1935; 12
    • ?Charaxes imperialis ugandicus van Someren, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 225

    • Charaxes imperialis ugandicus; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. lisomboensis van Someren, 1975 Zambia

    • Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis van Someren, 1975; 109

    • Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. dargei Collins, 1989 S.Congo

    • Charaxes imperialis dargei; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. graziellae Turlin, 1989 N.Tanzania

    • Charaxes imperialis graziellae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. nathaliae Canu, 1989 Bioko Island (Fernando Po in Gulf of Guinea)

    • Charaxes imperialis nathaliae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. i. werneri Turlin, 1989 SW.Ruwanda

    • Charaxes imperialis werneri; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes jahlusa (Trimen, 1862) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis jahlusa Trimen, 1862; Rhopal. Afr. Austr.: 177, 331, pl. 3, f. 5; TL: interior South Africa
  • ?jahlusa f. pallene

  • Charaxes jahlusa angolensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes jahlusa pallene; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes jahlusa; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 507; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 9; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Pappea capensis, Haplocoelum foliosum [Nigel Venters]

  • C. j. jahlusa South Africa (Eastern Cape)

    • Charaxes jahlusa jahlusa; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 509; van Someren, 1974, 418; [BAFR], 355 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. argynnides Westwood, 1864 South Africa (Natal), Mocambique, N, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, S.Tanzania

    • Charaxes argynnides Westwood, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 10

    • Charaxes jahlusa argynnides; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 509; van Someren, 1974, 420; [BAFR], 355 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925 Kenya coast Pearl Spotted Charaxes

    • Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16 (96): 646; TL: E.Africa, Mombasa

    • Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis; van Someren, 1974, 420; [BAFR], 355; [BK]: 294, pl. 36, f. 479; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. ganalensis Carpenter, 1937 SW.Ethiopia

    • Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937; Proc. R. ent Soc. (B) 6 (3): 64

    • Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis; [BAFR], 355 (text); [BK], 295 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. kigomaensis van Someren, 1975 Tanzania (NE of Lake Tanganyika)

    • Charaxes jahlusa kigomaensis van Someren, 1975; 108
    • ?Charaxes jahlusa kigoma van Someren, 1974; 423

    • Charaxes jahlusa kigomaensis; [BAFR], 355 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. rwandensis Plantrou, 1976 Rwanda

    • Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis Plantrou, 1976; Bull. Soc. Lép. Fr. 1 (1): 61

    • Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis; [BAFR], 355 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. rex Henning, 1978 South Africa (Transvaal), S.Zimbabwe, W.Botswana

    • Charaxes jahlusa rex Henning, 1978; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 90 (7-8): 211

    • Charaxes jahlusa rex; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. mafiae Turlin & Lequeux, 1992

    • Charaxes jahlusa mafiae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) -. See [maps] Two-tailed Pasha El Bajá Pash à deux Queues

  • Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): [749] Errata; TL: Barbaria (Algeria)

  • Charaxes jasius epijasioides; [LepIndex]
  • Charaxes jasius europaeus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes jasius faroensis; [LepIndex]
  • Charaxes jasius infraconfluens; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes jasius limboexstans; [LepIndex]
  • Charaxes jasius tilli; [CoL]
  • Charaxes jasius unedonis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes jasius; [BOW]: pl. 1, f. 22; [H&R]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [Nigel Venters]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Mario Maier]

  504x720 (~73Kb) Western Sierra de Gredos, Spain, September, 1993, Photo © Enrique Garcia-Barros

  600x435 (~26Kb) Morocco, El-Harcha, Pays Zaër-Zaïane, Photo © Michel Tarrier

  600x435 (~48Kb) underside Morocco, Pays Beni-Routen, Rif, Photo © Michel Tarrier

  Larva on Sorghum roxburghii, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Cassine sp., Arbutus unedo [Nigel Venters]

  • C. j. jasius Mediterranean, N.Africa

    • Papilio jason Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 749; TL: Barbaria (Algeria)
    • Charaxes jasius var. major Oberthür, 1922; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 19 (1): 37; TL: Tangier, Ain Chaneh (Morocco)

    • Charaxes jasius jasius; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 201, 206, pl. 1, f. 1-2; [BMAT]: 47, pl. 14, f. 1-2
    • Charaxes jason; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 446

    Larva on Citrus sinensis, C. nobilis, (captivity) Rhamnus sp., (in Spain, oviposit) Osyris quadripartita [BMAT]

  • C. j. brunnescens Poulton, 1926 N.Angola, Gabon, SW.Zaire, C.A.R.

    • Charaxes pelias brunnescens Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 570; TL: "North Angola"

    • Charaxes jasius brunnescens; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 205, pl. 7, f. 37-38; [BAFR], 358 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes pelias brunnescens; Jordan, 1925, Novit. zool. 32 (3): 288
  • C. j. epijasius Reiche, 1850 N.Ethiopia, Sudan, NW.Kenya, Uganda, C.A.R., Nigeria, Benin, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Senegal Sahel Charaxes

    • Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850; Voyage en Abyssinie. 3: 469; TL: "Abyssinia"
    • Charaxes epijasius maculatus Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 122; TL: Konakry, Guinea
      • = ; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 201, pl. 3, f. 13-14
    • var. murina Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 364; TL: Guinea
      • = ; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 201, pl. 2, f. 7
    • ab. feisthameli Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 364; TL: Senegal
      • = ; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 202, pl. 1, f. 5-6
    • Charaxes jasius epijasius var. melas van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 202, pl. 2, f. 9, 11-12; TL: Uganda
    • Charaxes pelias f. liberiae Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 365; TL: Liberia
    • Charaxes pelias liberiae Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 570; TL: Liberia

    • Charaxes epijasius; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 450; [BAFR], 358; [BK]: 286, pl. 32; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes jasius epijasius; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 201, pl. 1, f. 3-4; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes jasius epijasius f. liberiae; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 204, pl. 2, f. 8
    • Charaxes protoclea maculata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. j. harrisoni (Sharpe, 1904) Kenya, N Tanzania, SW Uganda Harrison's Charaxes

    • Charaxes harrisoni Sharpe, 1904; Entomologist 37: 133; TL: Kamagambo, South Kavirondo
    • Charaxes jasius harrisoni f. saturnalis van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 203, pl. 4, f. 20-24, pl. 5, f. 25-28; TL: Kenya, South Kavirondo, Suna

    • Charaxes harrisoni; [BK]: 286, pl. 33
    • Charaxes jasius harrisoni; [BAFR], 358 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes jasius harrisoni f. harrisoni; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 202, pl. 2, f. 10, pl. 3, f. 15-18
  • C. j. pagenstecheri Poulton, 1926 S.Ethiopia, Somalia

    • Charaxes saturnus ab. Pagenstecheri Schultze, 1913; Ent. Rundsch. 30 (9): 50
    • Charaxes pelias pagenstecheri Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 570; TL: S.Abyssinia

    • Charaxes jasius pagenstecheri; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 203, pl. 7, f. 35-36; [BAFR], 358 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes pelias pagenstecheri; Jordan, 1925, Novit. zool. 32 (3): 288
  • C. j. saturnus Butler, 1865 South Africa (Except Cape), Botswana, Mocambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya coast Koppie Charaxes Foxy Charaxes

    • Charaxes saturnus Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 624, pl. 36, f. 1; TL: "Interior of Africa"
    • Charaxes saturnus var. laticinctus Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 252; TL: Kondeland
    • Charaxes pelias saturnus ab. (loc.?) brunnesceus Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 444

    • Charaxes jasius saturnus; [PBSA]; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 204; [BAFR], 358; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes jasius saturnus var. laticinctus; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 205
    • Charaxes pelias saturnus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 444, pl. 12, f. 2
    • Charaxes pelias saturnus ab. (loc.?) laticinctus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 444
    • Charaxes saturnus; [BK]: 286, pl. 33; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

    Larva on Brachystegia , Hibiscus , Croton , Afzelia quanzensis, Bauhinia galpinii, Burkea africana, Schotia brachypetala, Maytenus senegalensis [PBSA]

• Charaxes junius Oberthür, 1880 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes brutus var. junius Oberthür, 1880; Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15: 166

  • Charaxes brutus junius; [LepIndex]
  • Charaxes junius; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. j. junius W.Ethiopia

    • Charaxes junius f. ragazzi Storace, 1948; Ann. Mus. Civ. Nat. Giacomo Doria 63: 132

    • Charaxes brutus junius; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 431; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 217, pl. 3, f. 31, pl. 4, f. 32; [BAFR], 360; [CoL]
    • Charaxes brutus ragazzii; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes junius junius; Plantrou, 1983, 84; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes junius; Oberthür, 1883, 728
  • C. j. somalicus Rothschild, 1900 S.Ethiopia, E.Sudan

    • Charaxes brutus somalicus Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 432; TL: Harrar Highlands, Somaliland

    • Charaxes brutus somalicus; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 218, pl. 4, f. 33; [BAFR], 360; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes junius somalicus; Plantrou, 1983, 85; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882 Angola, Congo, Gabon, C.A.R., Zaire, Cameroun, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 381, pl. 7, f. 1-2; TL: Pungo Andongo, Angola
  • Charaxes homeyeri Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 382; TL: Pungo Andongo, Angola
  • Charaxes w-brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12): 473; TL: Mawamba-Makala

  • Charaxes homeyeri; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 520
  • Charaxes kahldeni apicalis; [CoL]
  • Charaxes kahldeni; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 519; van Someren, 1974, 450; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 10 (spell.?); [BAFR], 400; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Charaxes karkloof van Someren & Jackson, 1957 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes karkloof van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 51

  • Charaxes karkloof; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Ochna arborea, Ochna natalitia, Ochna serrulata [Nigel Venters]

  • C. k. karkloof South Africa (Natal to East London)

    • Charaxes karkloof karkloof; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 81, pl. 11, f. 84-85; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 374; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Ochna arborea [PBSA]

  • C. k. capensis van Someren, 1966 South Africa (Eastern Cape)

    • Charaxes karkloof capensis van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 83, pl. 11, f. 86-87; TL: South Africa, Cape Prov., at Van Staaden's Pass
    • Charaxes karkloof capensis; [BAFR]; TL: 374 (text);#

    • Charaxes karkloof capensis; [AfrL]; [CoL]
  • C. k. trimeni Rydon, 1994

    • Charaxes karkloof trimeni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes kheili Staudinger, 1896 C.A.R., NW.Zaire, Cameroun, Gabon. See [maps]

  • Charaxes kheili Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 216, pl. 2, f. 4; TL: Njam-Njam

  • Charaxes kheili kheili; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes kheili madi; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes kheili; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 473; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 94, pl. 5, f. 38-39, 40, 43; Minig & Plantrou, 1975, 275; [BAFR], 372; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881 -. See [maps] Kirk's Charaxes

  • Charaxes kirkii Butler, 1881; Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 145; TL: Mamboia, E. Africa

  • Charaxes kirki; [BK]: 299, pl. 39, f. 492; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Acacia mellifera, Entada , Albizia , Tamarindus [BK]

  • C. k. kirki N & C Tanzania, Kenya southern coast

    • Charaxes etheocles ♀-f. rogersi Poulton, 1919; Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 31: lxxxi
    • Charaxes etheocles ♀-f. albifascia Poulton, 1926; 553, 555
    • Charaxes etheocles ♀-f. handari Poulton, 1926; 553, 555

    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. kirki; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 486
    • Charaxes kirki kirki; Rydon, 1982, 63; [BK]: 300 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes viola kirki; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 265; [BAFR], 381 (text); van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 130, pl. 16, f. 133-137; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes viola kirki ♀-f. albifascia; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 131
    • Charaxes viola kirki ♀-f. handari; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 131
    • Charaxes viola kirki ♀-f. kirki; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 130
    • Charaxes viola kirki ♀-f. rogersi; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 131
  • C. k. daria Rothschild, 1903 Ethiopia (East of Rift)

    • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. daria Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 542; TL: Jabalo; Gurgula

    • Charaxes daria; Rydon, 1982, 63
    • Charaxes kirki daria; Henning, 1988; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes viola daria; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 264; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 134, pl. 20, f. 185-187; [BAFR], 381; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. k. suk Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 N & C Kenya

    • Charaxes etheocles suk Carpenter & Jackson, 1950; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 (7-8): 98
    • ♀-f. kirkoides Carpenter & Jackson, 1950; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 (7-8): 98
    • ♀-f. intermedia Carpenter & Jackson, 1950; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 (7-8): 98
    • ♀-f. achaemenesopsis Carpenter & Jackson, 1950; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 (7-8): 99
    • albifascia Poulton, 1926; 553

    • Charaxes kirki suk; Rydon, 1982, 63; [BK], 300 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes kirki suk ♀f. achaemenesopsis; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 132
    • Charaxes kirki suk ♀f. albifascia; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 133
    • Charaxes kirki suk ♀f. intermedia; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 133
    • Charaxes kirki suk ♀f. kirkoides; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 132
    • Charaxes viola suk; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 266; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 132, pl. 16, f. 138-144; [BAFR], 381 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (8): 113

  • Charaxes lactetinctus jacksonianus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes lactetinctus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 414; [EBW]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Syzygium cordatum [Nigel Venters]

  • C. l. lactetinctus Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Ghana, C.A.R., Congo, N.Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya Blue Patch Charaxes

    • Charaxes lactetinctus busogus van Someren, 1972; 234

    • Charaxes lactetinctus busogus; [BAFR], 370; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes lactetinctus lactetinctus; van Someren, 1972, 232; [BAFR], 370 (text); [BK]: 285, pl. 32; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. ungemachi Le Cerf, 1927 SW.Ethiopia

    • Charaxes lactetinctus ungemachi Le Cerf, 1927; Encycl. ent. (B3) 2: 144
    • ?Charaxes lactetinctus ungemachi ?Karsch

    • Charaxes lactetinctus ungemachi; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes larseni Rydon, 1982 SW.Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes larseni Rydon, 1982; 74

  • Charaxes larseni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889 Kenya, Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14): 131; TL: Mombasa

  • Charaxes boueti lasti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 409
  • Charaxes lasti aromatisinsulae; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes lasti magomberae; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes lasti; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890, Rhop. Exot. [2] 1: (Charaxes) 8, pl. 4, f. 4-5; [EBW]; [BAFR], 368; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • ?Charaxes lasti (= Charaxes macclounii); Trimen, 1894, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 39, pl. 5, f. 6

  Larva on Julbernardia magnistipulata, Afzelia quanzensis [Nigel Venters]

  • C. l. lasti Kenya/Tanzania coast Silver-striped Charaxes

    • Charaxes boueti centralis Neustetter, 1929; 391
      • = charaxes lasti; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 232

    • Charaxes boueti lasti; Rothschild, 1900, 409
    • Charaxes boueti var. lasti; Aurivillius, 1899, 235
    • Charaxes lasti lasti; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 232, pl. 7, f. 59-65; [BK]: 284, pl. 32; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes lasti; Talbot, 1932, 9
  • C. l. kimbozae Kielland, 1984 Tanzania (Eastern Ulunguru Mnts)

    • Charaxes lasti kimbozae Kielland, 1984; 72

    • Charaxes lasti kimbozae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes lecerfi Lathy, 1926 S.Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R.. See [maps]

  • Charaxes hadrianus lecerfi Lathy, 1926; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 1: 94
  • Charaxes janmoullei Berger, 1975; 92

  • Charaxes hadrianus lecerfi; van Someren, 1972, 222; Plantrou, 1976, 131; [BAFR], 355 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes lecerfi; Berger, 1977, 60; Darge, 1983, 92; Plantrou, 1983, 174; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1977 N.Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1977; 187

  • Charaxes legeri; [BAFR], 360; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Sorghum roxburghii [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Island of Principe (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927; Entomologist 60: 12

  • Charaxes lemosi; Plantrou, 1983; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes lucretius lemosi; Gabriel, 1932, 24; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 198, pl. 6, f. 35-36; [BAFR], 367 (text)
• Charaxes lucretius (Cramer, [1775]) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio lucretius Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 129, pl. 82, f. E, F; TL: Guinea

  • Charaxes lucretius alberici; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes lucretius victoriaeincola; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes lucretius; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 13-14; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  850x680 (~54Kb) Africa, Sierra Leone, before 1985, Photo © Garcia-Barros, 2003

  Larva on Hugonia platycepala, Annona sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. l. lucretius Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes lucretius lucida Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 366
      • = ; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 195

    • Charaxes lucretius lucretius; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 195, pl. 5, f. 25-26; [BAFR], 367; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes lucretius; Doubleday, 1844, List. lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. 1: 111
    • Papilio lucretius; Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 84
  • C. l. intermedius van Someren, 1971 Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Gabon, Zaire

    • Charaxes lucretius f. caliginosa Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 366
    • Charaxes lucretius ♀-f. albofascia Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 367
    • Charaxes lucretius intermedius van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 197, pl. 5, f. 27-30

    • Charaxes cynthia intermedia; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes lucretius caliginosa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes lucretius intermedius; [BAFR], 367 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. maximus van Someren, 1971 E.Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya, NE.Tanzania Violet-washed Charaxes

    • Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 197, pl. 5, f. 31-32, pl. 6, f. 33-34; TL: Uganda, Mawakota, Kamengo
    • Charaxes lucretius var. babingtoni Stoneham, 1943; 46

    • Charaxes lucretius maximus; [BAFR], 367; [BK]: 285, pl. 32; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. schofieldi Plantrou, 1989 NE.Zambia

    • Charaxes lucretius schofieldi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. saldanhai Bivar de Sousa, 1983

    • Charaxes lucretius saldanhai; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes lucyae van Someren, 1975 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes lucyae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. lucyae Tanzania (Usumbara Mnts)

    • Charaxes eudoxus lucyae van Someren, 1975; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 32 (3): 104

    • Charaxes eudoxus lucyae; [BAFR], 366
    • Charaxes lucyae lucyae; Turlin & Chovet, 1987; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. gabriellae Turlin & Chovet, 1987 NE.Tanzania (Nguru Mnts)

    • Charaxes lucyae gabriellae Turlin & Chovet, 1987; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. (54): 7

    • Charaxes lucyae gabriellae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. l. mwanihanae Kielland, 1982 Tanzania (Mwanihana forest)

    • Charaxes eudoxus mwanihanae Kielland, 1982; Lambillionea 81 (9-12): 86
    • Charaxes lucyae mwanhanae Turlin & Chovet, 1987

    • Charaxes lucyae mwanihanae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio lycurgus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 67
    • = Charaxes laodice; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 499
  • Papilio laodice Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 34, pl. 26, f. 1-2 (preocc. Papilio laodice Pallas, 1771); TL: Sierra Leone

  • Charaxes laodice laodice; van Someren, 1974, 460
  • Charaxes laodice; Aurivillius, 1894, 312; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 498; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 11; [BAFR], 396; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Charaxes lycurgus; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Palla laodice; Kirby, 1871, 274

  Larva on Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. l. lycurgus Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Nymphalis nesiope Hewitson, 1854; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Nymphalis): [86], pl. [45], f. 5-6; TL: Sierra Leone
      • = Charaxes laodice; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 499

    • Charaxes lycurgus lycurgus; [AfrL]
  • C. l. bernardiana Plantrou, 1978 E.Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, C.A.R., Zaire, N.Angola, NW.Tanzania, W.Uganda, S.Sudan

    • Charaxes laodice bernardiana Plantrou, 1978; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 14 (3): 526

    • Charaxes laodice bernardiana; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana; [AfrL]
• Charaxes lydiae Holland, 1917 Cameroun, N.Congo. See [maps]

  • Charaxes lydiae Holland, 1917; Ann. Carnegie Mus. 11: 16, pl. 4, f. 2, 2a

  • Charaxes lydiae; Howarth, 1969, 38; van Someren, 1974, 481; [EBW]; [BAFR], 355 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895 Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, E.Tanzania, Kenya coast. See [maps] MacClounie's Charaxes Red Coast Charaxes

  • Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 252, pl. 15, f. 1; TL: Zomba
    • = Charaxes boueti lasti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 409
  • Charaxes lasti var. flavescens Lanz, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 142

  • Charaxes boueti macclouni; Talbot, 1927, 109; [BAFR], 368
  • Charaxes boueti macclounii; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 227, pl. 6, f. 51-53; [PBSA]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes boueti var. macclouni; Aurivillius, 1899, 235
  • Charaxes jasius flavescens; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes macclouni; Plantrou, 1983
  • Charaxes macclounii macclounii; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes macclounii; [BK]: 284, pl. 31; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Afzelia quanzensis [PBSA], Oxytenanthera [BK]

• Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969 SW.Uganda, Rwanda. See [maps]

  • Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 97, f. 9, pl. 5, f. 44-45 ♂; TL: SW.Uganda, Kigezi County, at Rutenga-Mafuga Forst, 7000ft
  • Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1975; 106 ♀

  • Charaxes mafuga; [BAFR], 372; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia gummifera [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes manica Trimen, 1894 E.Zimbabwe, & adjacent area of Mocambique. See [maps]

  • Charaxes manica Trimen, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 43; TL: Manicaland
  • Charaxes chittyi Rydon, 1980; in D'Abrera, Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 390, fig.; TL: Rhodesia, Salisbury
    • = ; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia
  • Charaxes chittyi f. helgae Rydon, 1980; in D'Abrera, Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 391, fig.; TL: Rhodesia, Salisbury, Christon Bank
  • ?Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♂-f. cytila Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 484
    • = ?; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 86

  • Charaxes chittyi; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. manica; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488, pl. 12, f. 7
  • Charaxes manica chittyi; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes manica jubrubidus; [LepIndex]
  • Charaxes manica manica; [BAFR], 382; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes manica; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 86, pl. 13, f. 98-106, pl. 12, f. 107-115; [PBSA]; Minig, 1976, 13; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • ?Charaxes manica manica f. cytila; [BAFR], 383, fig.

  Larva on Albizia antunesiana, Dalbergia nyasae [PBSA]

• Charaxes margaretae Rydon, 1980 Malawi (Mulanje Crater). See [maps]

  • Charaxes margaretae Rydon, 1980; in D'Abrera, Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 396; TL: Malosa Stream, Mt Mlanji, S. Region, Malawi

  • Charaxes margaretae; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes marieps van Someren & Jackson, 1957 South Africa (Montane forest E.Transvaal). See [maps]

  • Charaxes marieps van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 50

  • Charaxes marieps; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 80, pl. 11, f. 88-89; [BAFR], 374; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Ochna sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes martini van Someren, 1966 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes martini van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 96, pl. 16, f. 130-131; TL: Malawi, Mlosa stream, Mlange, 2500ft

  • Charaxes martini; [BAFR], 376; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. martini Malawi (Mulanje Crater)

    • Charaxes martini martini; van Someren, 1974, 483; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. helenae Henning, 1982 Malawi (Zomba plateau)

    • Charaxes martini helenae Henning, 1982; 93

    • Charaxes martini helenae; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Diospiros natalensis [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes matakall Darge, 1985

  • Charaxes bohemani matakall; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes matakall; [AfrL]
• Charaxes mccleeryi van Someren, 1972 Tanzania (Ulunguru Mnts). See [maps]

  • Charaxes maccleeryi van Someren, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 257

  • Charaxes mccleeryi; [BAFR], 382; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. mccleeryi

    • Charaxes mccleeryi mccleeryi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. iringae Kielland, 1990

    • Charaxes mccleeryi iringae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes mixtus Rothschild, 1894 W & S Zaire, C.A.R., Congo, Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Charaxes mixtus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (2): 536, pl. 12, f. 8; TL: Lukolele (N. Congo)
  • Charaxes bubastis Schultz, 1917; 110

  • Charaxes mixtus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 6, f. 1; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 390; van Someren, 1972, 250; [BAFR], 384; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. mixtus

    • Charaxes mixtus mixtus; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. tanzanicus Kielland, 1988

    • Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1885 Sao Thome (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1885; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (9): 59; TL: S. Thomé

  • Charaxes monteiri; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 385; [BOW]: pl. 107, f. 14; [BAFR], 390; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes montieri[sic, monteiri]; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 200, pl. 6, f. 39-40; [EBW]
• Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956 W.Uganda, Rwanda. See [maps]

  • Charaxes dilutus montis Jackson, 1956; J. E Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 23 (1): 67
  • Charaxes montis van Someren, 1974; 442

  • Charaxes dilutus montis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes montis; [BAFR], 403; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia gummifera [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes murphyi Collins, 1987 N.Zambia (Mufulira). See [maps]

  • Charaxes murphyi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes musakensis Darge, 1973 Cameroun (Mnt Cameroun). See [maps]

  • Charaxes musakensis Darge, 1973; 29

  • Charaxes eudoxus musakensis; [BAFR], 366 (text)
  • Charaxes musakensis; Darge, 1983, 77; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes mycerina (Godart, [1824]) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis mycerina Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 369

  • Charaxes mycerina; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 494; [BAFR], 394; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. mycerina Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes mycerina mycerina; Plantrou, 1978, 516; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. nausicaa Staudinger, 1891

    • Charaxes nausicaa Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1): 137; TL: Sierra Leone; Cameroons
      • = Charaxes mycerina; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 495

    • Charaxes mycerina nausicaa; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. m. viettei Plantrou, 1978 N & E Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., Zaire

    • Charaxes mycerina viettei Plantrou, 1978; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 14 (3): 517

    • Charaxes mycerina viettei; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 Kenya (Eastern Highlands). See [maps] Highland Blue Charaxes

  • Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901; Novit. Zool. 8 (4): 403, pl. 9, f. 2; TL: Escarpment, British E. Africa, 6500-9000ft

  • Charaxes nandina; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 203, pl. 9, f. 58-59, 61-62; [BAFR], 388; [Nigel Venters]; [BK]: 292, pl. 35, f. 474; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes xiphares nandina; Poulton, 1926, 545; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

  Larva on Drypetes gerrardii, Hippocratea africana, Craibia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes nicati Canu, 1991

  • Charaxes nicati; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883; Ent. mon. Mag. 20: 58; TL: Camaroons

  • Charaxes nichetes; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890, Rhop. Exot. [2] 1: (Charaxes) 7, pl. 4, f. 1-3; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 500; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 15; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Uapaca sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. n. nichetes Cameroun, C.A.R., Gabon, Congo, Angola

    • Charaxes hamatus Dewitz, 1884; Ent. Nachr. 10 (19): 285; TL: N. Angola
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 502
    • Charaxes ogovensis Holland, 1886; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 13: 330, pl. 8, f. 2; TL: Ogowé R.
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 502

    • Charaxes nichetes nichetes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 502; van Someren, 1974, 463; [BAFR], 396; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. bouchei Plantrou, 1974 Sierra Leone, Central/Southern Ivory Coast, Ghana

    • Charaxes nichetes bouchei Plantrou, 1974; 125

    • Charaxes nichetes bouchei; [BAFR], 396 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. leoninus Butler, 1895 Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, SE.Zambia

    • Charaxes leoninus Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 253, pl. 15, f. 2; TL: Zomba

    • Charaxes nichetes leoninus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 501; van Someren, 1974, 465; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 396; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Uapaca nitida, U. kirkiana [BAFR]

  • C. n. leopardinus Plantrou, 1974 NE.Ivory Coast

    • Charaxes nichetes leopardinus Plantrou, 1974; 125

    • Charaxes nichetes leopardinus; [BAFR], 396 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. pantherinus Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 SE.Zaire, NW.Zambia, W.Tanzania

    • Charaxes nichetes pantherinus Rousseau-Decelle, 1934; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 39 (16): 234

    • Charaxes nichetes pantherinus; van Someren, 1974, 465; [BAFR], 396 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. ssese Turlin & Lequeux, 2002

    • Charaxes nichetes ssese Turlin & Lequeux, 2002; Lambillionea 102 (1 I): 70, f. 1-3; TL: Kalangala Forest, Bugalla I., Ssese Islands, L. Victoria, Uganda, 1200m

    • Charaxes nichetes ssese; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 13; TL: Old Calabar

  • Charaxes nobilis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 512, pl. 7, f. 5; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 17; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. nobilis S.Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo

    • Charaxes agabo Distant, [1880]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (4): 708, pl. 54, f. 4; TL: Calabar
      • = Charaxes nobilis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 512
    • Charaxes homerus Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1): 132, pl. 2, f. 1; TL: Barombi
      • = Charaxes nobilis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 512

    • Charaxes nobilis nobilis; van Someren, 1974, 433; [BAFR], 355; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. claudei Le Moult, 1933 Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast

    • Charaxes nobilis claudei Le Moult, 1933; Novit. Ent. 3: 17

    • Charaxes nobilis claudei; [BAFR], 355 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. rosaemariae Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 W.Uganda, Zaire (Shaba)

    • Charaxes nobilis rosaemariae Rousseau-Decelle, 1934; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 39 (16): 233, pl. 2, f. 1-2

    • Charaxes nobilis rosaemariae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes nobilis rosemariae; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes nobilis rosemariae[sic, rosaemariae?]; van Someren, 1974, 435; [BAFR], 355 (text)
• Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899 Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899; Entomologist 32: 171; TL: Gambaga, N territ. of Gold Coast

  • Charaxes kheili northcotti; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes northcotti; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 5; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 472; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 96, pl. 5, f. 41-42, 46; Minig & Plantrou, 1975, 275; [BAFR], 372; [AfrL]
• Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis numenes Hewitson, 1859; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Nymphalis II): [87], pl. [46], f. 9-11; TL: Siera Leone

  • Charaxes numenes laticatena; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes numenes obsolescens; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes numenes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 371, pl. 7, f. 3; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 16, pl. 97, f. 1; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Hugonia platysepala, Grewia sp., Allophylus sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. n. numenes (Hewitson, 1859) Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes numenes numenes; van Someren, 1972, 241; [BAFR], 384; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes numenes; Butler, 1865, 630
  • C. n. aequatorialis van Someren, 1972 Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., Zaire, S.Sudan, Uganda, W.Kenya, NW.Tanzania, N.Angola

    • Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 244
    • Charaxes albimaculatus van Someren, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 252

    • Charaxes albimaculatus; [BAFR], 384; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
    • Charaxes numenes aequatorialis; Plantrou, 1983; [BAFR], 384 (text); [BK]: 290, pl. 35, f. 469; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. neumanni Rothschild, 1902 W & S Ethiopia

    • Charaxes numenes neumanni Rothschild, 1902; 597

    • Charaxes numenes neumanni; van Someren, 1972, 245; [BAFR], 384 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. n. malabo Turlin, 1998

    • Charaxes numenes malabo; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes nyikensis van Someren, 1966 N.Malawi (Nyika Plateau, Misuku Mnts, N.Viphya). See [maps]

  • Charaxes alpinus nyikensis van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 85, pl. 12, f. 92-97; TL: Northern Malawi-Zambian border on Nyika Plateau
  • Charaxes nyikensis van Someren, 1975; 107

  • Charaxes alpinus nyikensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes nyikensis; [BAFR], 374; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes obudoensis van Someren, 1969 E.Nigeria (Obudo Plateau), W.Cameroun (Highlands). See [maps]

  • Charaxes acuminatus obudoensis van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 77, pl. 28, f. 243-246; TL: E.Nigeria, Obudo Plateau, 5200ft

  • Charaxes acuminatus obudoensis; Darge, 1983, 63; [BAFR], 400 (text); [CoL]
  • Charaxes obudoensis; Plantrou, 1983; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes octavus Minig, 1971 Single male specimen from C.A.R.

  • Charaxes octavus Minig, 1971; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 76 (9-10): 269
  • Charaxes patergodarti Neidhoefer, 1972; 5

  • Charaxes octavus; [BAFR], 367 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Charaxes patergodarti; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892 Sao Thome (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (1): 260; TL: St. Thomé

  • Charaxes odysseus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 7, f. 4; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 413; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 199, pl. 6, f. 37-38; [BAFR], 368; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909 W.Uganda (Mountains). See [maps]

  • Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 19: 156, pl. 5, f. 7

  • Charaxes opinatus; Jackson, 1956, 65; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 202, pl. 1, f. 5-8; [EBW]; [BAFR], 372; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Caesalpinia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes overlaeti Schouteden, 1934 Zaire (Shaba). See [maps]

  • Charaxes overlaeti Schouteden, 1934; Rev. Zool. afr. 26 (1): 122, pl. 1, f. 2

  • Charaxes overlaeti; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871; Ent. mon. Mag. 8: 120; TL: Cameroons

  • Charaxes paphianus renati; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes paphianus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 1; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 502; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 2; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

  Larva on Acacia brevispica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. p. paphianus Zaire, Cameroun, Gabon, C.A.R., Congo, Angola

    • Charaxes paphianus paphianus; van Someren, 1974, 425; [BAFR], 354; [AfrL]
  • C. p. falcata Butler, 1872 Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria

    • Philognoma falcata Butler, 1872; Lepid. Exotica (12): 101, pl. 38, f. 1; TL: Gold Coast, Ashanti
      • = Charaxes paphianus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 502
    • Palla hamulosa Weymer, 1892; Stettin ent. Ztg 53 (4-6): 95
      • = Charaxes paphianus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 502

    • Charaxes paphianus falcata; Plantrou, 1983, 192; [AfrL]
    • Palla flacata; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • C. p. subpallida Joicey & Talbot, 1925 NE.Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan

    • Charaxes paphianus subpallida Joicey & Talbot, 1925; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16 (96): 645; TL: Ituri Forest, 30 miles S of Irumu

    • Charaxes paphianus subpallida; van Someren, 1974, 426; [BAFR], 354 (text); [BK]: 302, pl. 40, f. 499; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes paradoxa Lathy, 1926 Comoro Islands

  • Charaxes paradoxa Lathy, 1926; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 1: 94

  • Charaxes paradoxa; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 67, pl. 8, f. 61-62; [BAFR], 358; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes pelias (Cramer, [1775]) South Africa (West Cape Province). See [maps] Protea Charaxes

  • Papilio pelias Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 5, pl. 3, f. C, D; TL: Cape Colony

  • Charaxes pelias pelias; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 445
  • Charaxes pelias; Butler, 1865, 624; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 205, pl. 7, f. 39-40; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 3; [BAFR], 360; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Nymphalis pelias; Godart, 1835, 351

  Larva on Rafnia amplexicaulis, R. triflora, Hypocalyptus obcordatus, Osyris compressa [PBSA], Colpoon compressum, Osyris lanceolata, Rafnia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes pembanus Jordan, 1925 Pemba Island

  • Charaxes etheocles pembanus Jordan, 1925; Novit. zool. 32 (3): 289; TL: Pemba Island

  • Charaxes pembanus; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 70, pl. 9, f. 67-68, 71-72; [BAFR], 372; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes penricei Rothschild, 1900 Rhodesia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes penricei Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 460; TL: Quebe R., Angola

  • Charaxes penricei; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Securidaca longipedunculata [PBSA]

  • C. p. penricei Angola (Central), Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, Malawi, S.Tanzania, E.Zimbabwe

    • Charaxes peculiaris Lathy, 1906; Entomologist 39: 125; TL: Kavama, North-eastern Rhodesia
    • Charaxes penricei penricei; [BAFR], 358; TL: 3

    • Charaxes penricei penricei; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 65, pl. 7, f. 49-51, 53-56; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. dealbata Joicey & Talbot, 1922 N.Angola

    • Charaxes penrici[sic] f. dealbata Joicey & Talbot, 1922; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (2): 337; TL: Kiboko do Zombo, Portuguese Congo

    • Charaxes penricei dealbata; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 66, pl. 7, f. 52, pl. 8, f. 57; [BAFR], 358 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. tanganyikae van Someren, 1966 W.Tanzania (Eastern shore lake Tanganyika)

    • Charaxes penricei tanganyikae van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 67, pl. 8, f. 58-60; TL: Tanzania, Kigoma, E side Lake Tanganyika
    • Charaxes penricei tanganyikae ♀f. caerulescens van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 80, pl. 29, f. 255-256; TL: Tanzania, Kigoma distr., Mihumo

    • Charaxes penricei tanganyikae; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 80; [BAFR], 358 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes petersi van Someren, 1969 Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast. See [maps]

  • Charaxes petersi van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 121, f. 25, pl. 13, f. 113-114; TL: Liberia, Kitoma, 1600ft

  • Charaxes petersi; [BAFR], 378; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877 N.Angola, Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, NW.Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14: 82; TL: Delagoa Bay
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. coryndoni Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488
  • diversiforma van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 44
  • caerulescens van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 45
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀f. tricolor van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 140
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀f. rosella van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 140
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀f. cottrelli van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 140; TL: Zambia, Mankoya

  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. coryndoni; Rothschild & Jordan, 1899, Novit. zool. 6 (2): pl. 8, f. 7 (Charaxes etheocles var.)
  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. phaeus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488, pl. 12, f. 8
  • Charaxes phaeus; van Someren, 1975, 107; [PBSA]; Henning, 1979, 177; Henning, 1984, 66; [BAFR], 381; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes viola phaeus; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 269; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 136, pl. 21, f. 193-200; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀f. coryndoni; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 141
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀f. phaeus; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 141

  Larva on Acacia nigrescens, A. goetzi, Tamarindus indica [PBSA], Amblygonocarpus andongensis, Erythrophleum africanum [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes phenix Turlin & Lequeux, 1993

  • Charaxes phenix; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. phenix

    • Charaxes phenix phenix; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. daniellae White, 1996

    • Charaxes phenix daniellae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes phoebus Butler, [1866] Ethiopia (Highlands). See [maps]

  • Charaxes phoebus Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 625, pl. 36, f. 2; TL: Abyssinia

  • Charaxes phoebus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 424; van Someren, 1970, 212; [BAFR], 362; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Bersama Abyssinica [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes phraortes Doubleday, 1847 E.Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Charaxes phraortes Doubleday, 1847; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1) 20: 65; TL: Madagascar

  • Charaxes phraortes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 422; van Someren, 1974, 473; [BAFR], 364; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes plantroui Minig, 1975 Ivory Coast, E.Guinea. See [maps]

  • Charaxes plantroui Minig, 1975; 104

  • Charaxes plantroui; [BAFR], 382; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes pleione (Godart, [1824]) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis pleione Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 366

  • Charaxes pleione; [EBW]; [BK]: 301, pl. 40, f. 498; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

  Larva on Acacia brevispica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. p. pleione Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory coast, Ghana, Nigeria

    • Philognoma lichas Doubleday, 1849; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 49 f. 3
    • Charaxes lichas othello Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 123; TL: Togo
    • f. pallida Lathy, 1925; 95

    • Charaxes lichas lichas; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 506
    • Charaxes lichas; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 504; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 12
    • Charaxes pleione othello; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes pleione pallida; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes pleione pleione; van Someren, 1974, 427; [BAFR], 354; [AfrL]
  • C. p. bebra Rothschild, 1900 N.Zaire, Uganda, Kenya (Mnt Elgon)

    • Charaxes lichas bebra Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 507; TL: Upper Congo, Diapanda

    • Charaxes bebra; [BOW]: pl. 94, f. 10
    • Charaxes pleione bebra; van Someren, 1974, 428; [BAFR], 354; [BK], 301 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. p. congoensis Plantrou, 1989 Cameroun, C.A.R., Gabon, Congo, Angola, Zaire

    • Charaxes pleione congoensis; [AfrL]
  • C. p. delvauxi Turlin, 1987 SW.Rwanda

    • Charaxes pleione delvauxi Turlin, 1987; 21

    • Charaxes pleione delvauxi; [AfrL]
  • C. p. oriens Plantrou, 1989 Kenya (Coast), E.Tanzania

    • Charaxes pleione oriens; [BK], 302 (note); [AfrL]
• Charaxes pollux (Cramer, [1775]) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio pollux Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 61, pl. 37, f. E, F; TL: Guinea
  • Papilio pollux Cramer, [1776]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8): 154

  • Charaxes pollux bugense; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes pollux maura; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes pollux ongeus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes pollux subalbescens; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes pollux; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 426; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 311; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 4; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Bersama abyssinica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. p. pollux Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Gabon, N.Angola, Congo, Zaire, N.Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, S.Sudan, Uganda, NW.Kenya, Black-bordered Charaxes

    • Papilio camulus Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 41, pl. 30, f. 1-2
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 428

    • Charaxes pollux pollux; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 427; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 311, pl. 9, f. 75-76, 79-80; [BAFR], 364; [BK]: 288, pl. 33 & 34, f. 464; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. gazanus van Someren, 1967 E.Zimbabwe, W.Mozambique

    • Charaxes pollux gazanus van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 314, pl. 9, f. 73-74, 77-78; TL: S.Mozambique, Amatongas

    • Charaxes pollux gazanus; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 364 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Bersama abyssinica, Sorindeia sp., Securinega virosa [PBSA]

  • C. p. geminus Rothschild, 1900 Malawi, E.Zambia, S & E.Tanzania, E.Kenya

    • Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 497
    • Charaxes pollux zingense Stoneham, 1932; 2
      • = ; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 313

    • Charaxes pollux geminus; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 427; van Someren, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 313, pl. 8, f. 67-68, 71-72; [BAFR], 364 (text); [BK], 289 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. maua van Someren, 1967 N.Tanzania (Kilimanjaro)

    • Charaxes pollux maua van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 316; TL: Tanzania, western foothills, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Maua

    • Charaxes pollux maua; [BAFR], 364 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. mirabilis Turlin, 1989 NE.Tanzania (Usambara range)

    • Charaxes pollux mirabilis; [BK], 289 (note)
  • C. p. piersoni Collins, 1990

    • Charaxes pollux piersoni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. mira Ackery, 1995

    • Charaxes pollux mira; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. annamariae Turlin, 1998

    • Charaxes pollux annamariae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes pondoensis van Someren, 1967 South Africa (Coastal Forest Transkei). See [maps]

  • Charaxes pondoensis van Someren, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (9): 285, pl. 1, f. 5-6, 8-9; TL: South Africa, Pondoland, Port St. Johns

  • Charaxes ethalion pondoensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes pondoensis; van Someren, 1975, 108; [BAFR], 376; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Millettia grandis [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes porthos Grose-Smith, 1883 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes porthos Grose-Smith, 1883; Ent. mon. Mag. 20: 57; TL: Camaroons

  • Charaxes porthos; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887, Rhop. Exot. [2] 1: (Charaxes) 2, pl. 1, f. 4-5; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 497; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. porthos Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., N & C.Zaire

    • Charaxes midas Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1): 135, pl. 2, f. 4; TL: Cameroons
      • = Charaxes porthos; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 497

    • Charaxes porthos porthos; van Someren, 1968, 225; [BAFR], 394; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Uganda

    • Charaxes porthos dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (2): 338; TL: Uganda, Mabera Forest, 4000ft

    • Charaxes porthos dummeri; van Someren, 1974, 456; [BAFR], 394; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. gallayi van Someren, 1968 Ivory Coast, Ghana, E.Nigeria

    • Charaxes porthos gallayi van Someren, 1968; Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire (A) 30: 221

    • Charaxes porthos gallayi; Plantrou, 1978, 519; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. katangae Rousseau-Decelle, 1931 Zaire (Shaba Province)

    • Charaxes porthos katangae Rousseau-Decelle, 1931; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 36 (6): 87

    • Charaxes katangae; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes porthos katangae; Plantrou, 1978, 519; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes prettejohni Collins, 1990

  • Charaxes prettejohni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 8: 260; TL: Casamance
  • ?Charaxes protoclea ab. ♂ ablutus Schultze, 1914; Ent. Rundsch. 31 (15): 82; TL: Cameroons
  • Charaxes protoclea marginepunctata Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6): 206; TL: Congo

  • Charaxes protoclea ablutus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes protoclea marginepunctata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes protoclea nigropunctata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes protoclea sinuosa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes protoclea; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 403; [EOB]; [BOW]: pl. 96, f. 3, 6; [EBW]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Afzelia , Syzygium [EOB], Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora [Nigel Venters]

  • C. p. protoclea Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast

    • Charaxes aeson Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (3): 54, (1): f. 9-10; TL: Gold Coast
      • = Charaxes protoclea; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 404

    • Charaxes protoclea protoclea; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 202, pl. 7, f. 41-42; [BAFR], 370; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. azota (Hewitson, 1877) South Africa (Kosi bay), Mozambique, E.Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi Flame-bordered Charaxes

    • Philognoma azota Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14: 82; TL: Delagoa Bay
    • Charaxes calliclea Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14): 130; TL: Mombasa
      • = Charaxes azota; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 401
    • Charaxes nyasana Butler, 1895; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15 (87): 249; TL: Nyasaland (Zomba)
    • Charaxes protoclea var. aequidistans Gaede, 1916; 109

    • Charaxes (Philognoma) azota; Hewitson, 1878, Ent. mon. Mag. 14: 181
    • Charaxes azota; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 5, f. 3; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 401
    • Charaxes protoclea azota; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 206, pl. 8, f. 51-52; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 370; [BK]: 283, pl. 31; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Palla azota; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

    Larva on Afzelia quanzensis, Brachystegia spicaeformis [PBSA]

  • C. p. nothodes Jordan, 1911 E.Zaire, W.Uganda

    • Charaxes protoclea nothodes Jordan, 1911; Novit. zool. 18 (1): 137; TL: betw. Niembo and Kalembe, W of Lake Tanganyika, 600m

    • Charaxes protoclea nothodes; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 204, pl. 8, f. 49-50; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. catenaria Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 Zaire (Katanga)

    • Charaxes protoclea catenaria Rousseau-Decelle, 1934; 229

    • Charaxes doubledayi catenarius; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes protoclea catenaria; van Someren, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 205, pl. 8, f. 53-54; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. cedrici Canu, 1989 Bioko Island (Fernando Po in Gulf of Guinea)

    • Charaxes protoclea cedrici; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. protonothodes van Someren, 1971 E.Cameroun, Gabon, C.A.R., Congo, NW.Zaire, NW.Angola

    • Charaxes protoclea protonothodes van Someren, 1971; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 26 (4): 203, pl. 7, f. 43-48; TL: C.A.R, Bangui

    • Charaxes protoclea protonothodes; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes pseudophaeus van Someren, 1975 Mocambique, NE.Malawi (Lakeshore). See [maps]

  • Charaxes pseudophaeus van Someren, 1975; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 32 (3): 105
  • Charaxes manica ♀f. pseudophaeus van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 46

  • Charaxes chintechi pseudophaeus; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes manica pseudophaeus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes manica ♀f. pseudophaeus; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 89
  • Charaxes pseudophaeus; [BAFR], 376; [PBSA]; [AfrL]

  Larva on Brachystegia spicaeformis? [PBSA]

• Charaxes pythodoris Hewitson, 1873 -. See [maps] Powder Blue Charaxes

  • Charaxes pythodoris Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 57; TL: Angola

  • Charaxes pithodoris[sic]; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Charaxes IV): [92], pl. [48], f. 18-19
  • Charaxes pythodoris geraldi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes pythodoris; [BAFR], 394; [Nigel Venters]; [BK]: 293, pl. 36, f. 476; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes pythodorus[sic]; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 396

  Larva on Craibia brevecaudata [Nigel Venters]

  • C. p. pythodoris Angola, NW.Zambia, S & E.Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya, NW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes pythodoris pythodoris; [BK], 293 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes pythodorus pythodorus[sic]; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 398; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 222, pl. 12, f. 67-68
  • C. p. pallida Carpenter, 1934 N. Central Tanzania

    • Charaxes pythodoris pallida Carpenter, 1934; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 9: 12; TL: Kazi-Kazi Central Railway, Tanganyika

    • Charaxes pythodoris pallida; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes pythodorus[sic] pallida; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 224, pl. 13, f. 75-76
  • C. p. davidi Plantrou, 1973 Ivory Coast

    • Charaxes pythodoris davidi Plantrou, 1973; 269

    • Charaxes pythodoris davidi; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. knoopae Plantrou, 1982 W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes pythodoris knoopae Plantrou, 1982; 113

    • Charaxes pythodoris knoopae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889 Kenya/Tanzania coast

    • Charaxes nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14): 132; TL: Mombasa, Kenya

    • Charaxes pythodoris nesaea; [BAFR], 394 (text); [BK], 293 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes pythodorus[sic] nesaea; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 398; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 223, pl. 13, f. 73-74
  • C. p. occidens van Someren, 1963 Congo, C.A.R., Cameroun, Nigeria, Ghana

    • Charaxes pythodorus[sic] occidens van Someren, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 223, pl. 13, f. 71-72; TL: French Congo, Ouesso, Mambili

    • Charaxes pythodoris occidens; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 79; [BAFR], 394 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. sumbuensis Henning, 1982 N.Zambia

    • Charaxes pythodoris sumbuensis Henning, 1982; 79

    • Charaxes pythodoris sumbuensis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. p. ventersi Henning, 1982 S.Malawi (Only known from the N W slopes of Zomba Plateau)

    • Charaxes pythodoris ventersi Henning, 1982; 76

    • Charaxes pythodoris ventersi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes richelmanni Röber, 1936 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes richelmanni Röber, 1936; Ent. Rundschau 53 (41): 578

  • Charaxes richelmanni; [BAFR], 364; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. r. richelmanni Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, N.Zaire

    • Charaxes fallax Richelmann, 1913; Int. Ent. Zs. 7 (16): 105
      • = Charaxes richelmanni; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 236

    • Charaxes richelmanni richelmanni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes richelmanni; van Someren, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (5): 236, pl. 7, f. 66; Darge, 1973, 26
  • C. r. ducarmei Plantrou, 1982 E.Zaire

    • Charaxes richelmanni ducarmei Plantrou, 1982; 111

    • Charaxes ducarmei; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes richelmanni ducarmei; [AfrL]
  • C. r. scheveni Ackery, 1995

    • ?Charaxes richelmanni orientalis Scheven, [1975]; Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Fed. Cameroun 18: (preocc.)

    • Charaxes richelmanni orientalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes richelmanni scheveni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes saperanus Poulton, 1926 Comoro Islands

  • Charaxes fulvescens saperanus Poulton, 1926; Verh. III Int. Ent.-Kongr. Zurich 2: 569; TL: Grand Comoro I.

  • Charaxes "fulvescens" saperanus; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 210
  • Charaxes fulvescens saperanus; [BAFR], 398; [CoL]
  • Charaxes saperanus; Plantrou, 1982; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Allophylus sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991

  • Charaxes schiltzei; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes sidamo Plantrou & Rougeot, 1979 W.Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes aubyni sidamo Plantrou & Rougeot, 1979; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 84 (5-6): 141
  • Charaxes smilesi Rydon, 1982; 68

  • Charaxes aubyni sidamo; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes sidamo; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes smaragdalis Butler, [1866] -. See [maps] Western Blue Charaxes

  • Charaxes smaragdalis Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 630, pl. 36, f. 5; TL: Congo
  • Charaxes smaragdalis schoutedeni Ghesquière, 1933; Lambillionea 33: 5, pl. 1, f. 2

  • Charaxes butleri schoutedeni; Ghesquière, 1933, Lambillionea 33: 5
  • Charaxes schoutedeni; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 220; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 79, pl. 29, f. 257; [EBW], (name only)
  • Charaxes smaragdalis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 383; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 5; [BK]: 293, pl. 36, f. 475; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • C. s. smaragdalis Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, C.A.R., Congo, Zaire

    • Charaxes princeps Butler, 1896; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 25: 376; TL: Victoria, Cameroons
      • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 384
    • Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis f. beni van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 212

    • Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 384; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 210, pl. 9, f. 60, 63, pl. 10, f. 65-70, pl. 11, f. 71-76; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. butleri Rothschild, 1900 Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia

    • Charaxes smaragdalis butleri Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 385; TL: Sierra Leone

    • Charaxes smaragdalis butleri; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 212, pl. 11, f. 77-78; [BAFR], 388; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 E.Zaire, SW.Uganda

    • Charaxes smaragdalis ♀ f. caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 (7-8): 97; TL: W.Uganda, Ankole, Kalinzu Forest, c. 5000ft
    • Charaxes smaragdalis caerulea Jackson, 1951; 99

    • Charaxes smaragdalis caerulea; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 213, pl. 12, f. 85-87, pl. 13, f. 88-93, pl. 14, f. 94-98; [BAFR], 390; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. elgonae van Someren, 1964 Uganda (Western Mnt Elgon)

    • Charaxes smaragdalis elgonae van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 215, pl. 16, f. 110-113; TL: E.Uganda, Mbale Distr. at Bufumbo Forest, W. Mt. Elgon

    • Charaxes smaragdalis elgonae; [BAFR], 390 (text); [BK], 293 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. gobyae Plantrou, 1988 SE.Sudan (Didinga Mnts)

    • Charaxes smaragdalis gobyae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. homonymus Bryk, 1939 Kenya (High forest of Kericho-Sotik, Chepalungu, Mara)

    • Charaxes smaragdalis orientalis Joicey & Talbot, 1918; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1917: 272 (preocc. Lanz, 1896); TL: East Africa, Kericho
    • Charaxes smaragdalis homonymus Bryk, 1939; in Bryk, Lepid. Cat. 91: 444

    • Charaxes smaragdalis homonymus; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 217, pl. 16, f. 114-116, pl. 17, f. 117-119; [BAFR], 390; [BK], 293 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. kagera van Someren, 1964 NW.Tanzania, SW.Uganda

    • Charaxes smaragdalis kagera van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 218, pl. 17, f. 120-122, pl. 18, f. 123-124, 127-128; TL: Kakindu Hill, N bank Kagera River, nr Uganda border

    • Charaxes smaragdalis kagera; [BAFR], 390 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. kigoma van Someren, 1964 Tanzania (Mukuvu Forest)

    • Charaxes smaragdalis kigoma van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 219, pl. 19, f. 131-132, 135; TL: Tanganyka, Mukuvu forest S of Kigoma, N-E shore Lake Tanganyika

    • Charaxes smaragdalis kigoma; [BAFR], 390 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. leopoldi Ghesquière, 1933 N.Angola, E.Congo, SW.Zaire

    • Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi Ghesquière, 1933; Lambillionea 33: 4

    • Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 212, pl. 12, f. 79-84; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. metu van Someren, 1964 SW.Sudan, N.Uganda

    • Charaxes smaragdalis metu van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 219, pl. 18, f. 125-126. 129-130; TL: Uganda, West Nile Distr., N.W. Madi, Forest of Metu Hills

    • Charaxes smaragdalis metu; [BAFR], 390; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. toro van Someren, 1964 W.Uganda (Toro forest)

    • Charaxes smaragdalis toro van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 214, pl. 14, f. 99-101, pl. 15, f. 102-107; TL: Uganda, Toro distr., Kibale Forest

    • Charaxes smaragdalis toro; [BAFR], 390 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. allardi Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 1997

    • Charaxes smaragdalis allardi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes subornatus Schultze, 1914 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes subornatus Schultze, 1914; Ent. Rundsch. 31 (15): 82

  • Charaxes subornatus; [EBW]; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. subornatus Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Zaire (Kasai district)

    • Charaxes subornatus subornatus; van Someren, 1974, 440; [BAFR], 403; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. couilloudi Plantrou, 1976 Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria

    • Charaxes subornatus couilloudi Plantrou, 1976; Bull. Sec. ent. Fr. 81 (3-4): 126

    • Charaxes subornatus couilloudi; [BAFR], 403 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. s. minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921 E.Zaire, Uganda, NW.Kenya Ornate Green Charaxes

    • Charaxes subornatus minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 74, pl. 7, f. 6, pl. 6, f. 6; TL: Mabira Forest, Uganda

    • Charaxes minor karinae; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes minor minor; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes minor; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes subornatus minor; van Someren, 1974, 441; [BAFR], 403 (text); [BK]: 295, pl. 37, f. 481; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes subrubidus van Someren, 1972 Congo, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Charaxes manica subrubidus van Someren, 1972; 255

  • Charaxes manica subrubidus; [BAFR], 382 (text)
  • Charaxes subrubidus; Minig, 1976, 9; [AfrL]; [CoL]
• Charaxes superbus Schultze, 1909 Cameroun, Congo. See [maps]

  • Charaxes superbus Schultze, 1909; Soc. Ent. 23: 172

  • Charaxes superbus; van Someren, 1974, 436; [BAFR], 355; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes taverniersi Berger, 1975 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes taverniersi Berger, 1975; Lambillionea 75: 92

  • Charaxes taverniersi; [BAFR], 370 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. t. taverniersi Zaire (Kisangani)
  • C. t. evoei Darge, 1977 Cameroun (Mnt Kala)

    • Charaxes taverniersi evoei Darge, 1977; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 38 (3): 673

    • Charaxes taverniersi evoei; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Charaxes tectonis Jordan, 1937 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes tectonis Jordan, 1937; Novit. Zool. 40: 323; TL: Msungli, Cameroon Mts.

  • Charaxes tectonis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. t. tectonis E.Nigeria, Cameroun

    • Charaxes druceanus tectonis; van Someren, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (7): 230, pl. 17, f. 103-104; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 78, pl. 29, f. 251, 254; [BAFR], 364 (text); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes tectonis tectonis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes tectonis; Darge, 1983
  • C. t. nebularum Darge, 1977 Cameroun (Manengouba Mnts)

    • Charaxes druceanus nebularum Darge, 1977; Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse 1977: 9

    • Charaxes druceanus nebularum; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes tectonis nebularum; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes teissieri Darge & Minig, 1984

  • Charaxes teissieri; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes thomasius Staudinger, 1886 Sao Thome (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Charaxes candiope var. thomasius Staudinger, 1886; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (14): 169; TL: St. Thomé

  • Charaxes candiope thomasius; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 7, f. 5; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 367; van Someren, 1974, 470; [BAFR], 400; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes thomasius; [BOW]: pl. 107, f. 15; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes thysi Capronnier, 1889 W.Zaire, Congo (Kelle). See [maps]

  • Charaxes thysii Capronnier, 1889; Bull. Ent. Soc. Belg. 33: cxxv; TL: Kassai

  • Charaxes thysi; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 490; van Someren, 1972, 221; Berger, 1974, 79; [BAFR], 370; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes thysii; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, [1777]) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio tiridates Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 100, pl. 161, f. A, B

  • Charaxes tiridates angusticaudatus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes tiridates purpurina; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes tiridates; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 387; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 6-7; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Celtis sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. t. tiridates Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benen, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes marica Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 113
      • = Charaxes tiridates; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 387

    • Charaxes tiridates tiridates; van Someren, 1972, 236; [BAFR], 384; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes tiridates; Doubleday, 1844
  • C. t. marginatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 W & SW.Ethiopia

    • Charaxes tiridates marginatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 539; TL: Scheko

    • Charaxes tiridates marginatus; [BAFR], 384 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. t. tiridatinus Röber, 1936 E.Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Gabon, W & S.Zaire, Uganda, NW.Zambia, NW.Kenya, NW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936; Ent. Rundschau 53 (41): 577
    • Charaxes tiridates ab. ♂ tristis Schultze, 1914; Ent. Rundsch. 31 (15): 82
    • Charaxes hysginus Darge, 1978; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 83 (3-4): 65

    • Charaxes hysginus; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
    • Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus; [BAFR], 384 (text); [BK]: 290, pl. 34, f. 467; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes tiridates tristis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. t. choveti Turlin, 1998

    • Charaxes tiridates choveti; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes turlini Minig & Plantrou, 1978 Rwanda. See [maps]

  • Charaxes turlini Minig & Plantrou, 1978; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 83 (5-6): 143

  • Charaxes turlini; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes usambarae van Someren & Jackson, 1952 Tanzania (Usumbara range). See [maps]

  • Charaxes pembanus usambarae van Someren & Jackson, 1952; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 275
  • Charaxes usambarae f. collinsi van Someren, 1975; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 32 (3): 105 (female)

  • Charaxes usambarae; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 73, pl. 9, f. 65-66, 69-70; [BAFR], 374; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. u. usambarae

    • Charaxes usambarae usambarae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. u. maridadi Collins, 1987

    • Charaxes usambarae maridadi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975 South Africa (Zululand & Transvaal), E.Botswana, S.Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 32 (3): 108
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀ f. vansoni van Someren & Jackson, 1957; Ann. Transv. Mus. 23 (1): 43, pl. 3, 4, f. 4

  • Charaxes vansoni; Henning, 1979, 177; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 381; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes viola phaeus ♀ f. vansoni; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 141

  Larva on Peltophorum africanum [PBSA]

• Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1764) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio varanes Cramer, 1764; Seba, Theaur. 4: 45, pl. 35, f. 13-14

  • Charaxes varanes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 354; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Hadrodontis varanes; [BOW]: pl. 103, f. 10

  Larva on Allophylus sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. v. varanes South Africa

    • Charaxes varanes austrinus Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 357; TL: South Africa

    • Charaxes varanes varanes; van Someren, 1974, 476; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Palla varanes; Kirby, 1871, 274
    • Philognoma varanes; Wallengren, 1857, K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 28

    Larva on Allophylus natalensis, A. melanocarpus, Cardiospermum sp., Rhus , R. laevigata? [PBSA]

  • C. v. bertrami Riley, 1931 Southern Arabia (Quara Mnts)

    • Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931; Entomologist 64: 279

    • Charaxes varanes bertrami; van Someren, 1974, 479; [BAFR], 398 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. v. vologeses (Mabille, 1876) From N.Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northwards, east and west to edge of Sahara Desert Pearl Charaxes

    • Palla vologeses Mabille, 1876; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 1: 280; TL: Congo, Landana
    • Charaxes varanes f. brachycauda Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 29 (5): 367

    • Charaxes varanes brachycauda; [CoL]
    • Charaxes varanes vologeses; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 358; van Someren, 1974, 478; [BAFR], 398; [BK], 282, pl. 31; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. v. torbeni Turlin, 1999

    • Charaxes varanes torbeni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes variata van Someren, 1969 NW.Zambia. See [maps]

  • Charaxes viola variata van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 139
  • Charaxes viola variata f. tricolor van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 140
  • Charaxes viola variata f. rosella van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 140
  • Charaxes viola variata f. cotterelli van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 140

  • Charaxes variata; van Someren, 1975, 108; [BAFR], 381; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • Charaxes variata f. rosella; [BAFR], 381, fig.
  • Charaxes variata f. variata; [BAFR], 381, fig.
  • Charaxes viola variata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

  Larva on Cryptosepalum sp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes velox Ogilvie-Grant, 1899 Island of Socotra (Gulf of Aden)

  • Charaxes candiope velox Ogilvie-Grant, 1899; Bull. Liverpool Mus. 2 (1): 10; TL: Sokotra

  • Charaxes candiope velox; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 368; van Someren, 1974, 470; [BAFR], 400; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes velox; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Croton spp. [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes viola Butler, [1866] -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes viola Butler, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 627, pl. 36, f. 4; TL: West Africa

  • Charaxes viola; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Acacia amythethophylla, Albizia sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. v. viola Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W & N Nigeria

    • Charaxes chiron Staudinger, 1885; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (14): 168, (10): pl. 58
      • = Charaxes etheocles viola; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488

    • Charaxes etheocles viola; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 488
    • Charaxes viola viola; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 265; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 127, pl. 15, f. 121-132; [BAFR], 381; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. v. picta Rothschild, 1900 S.Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, E.Zaire, Uganda, S.Sudan, NW.Kenya Viola Charaxes

    • Charaxes etheocles ♂-f. picta Rothshild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 483
    • Charaxex etheocles ♀f. vansomereni Poulton, 1925; 553
    • Charaxes etheocles ♀f. illuminata Rousseau-Decelle, 1938; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 43 (11-12): 161
    • Charaxes etheocles ♀f. splendens Rousseau-Decelle, 1938; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 43 (11-12): 161
    • Charaxes viola picta van Someren & Jackson, 1952; 263

    • Charaxes trajanus vansomereni; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes viola picta; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 128, pl. 15, f. 127-130; [BAFR], 381; [BK]: 299, pl. 39, f. 491; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes viola picta ♀f. vansomereni; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 129
• Charaxes violetta Grose-Smith, 1885 -. See [maps] Violet-spotted Charaxes

  • Charaxes violetta Grose-Smith, 1885; Ent. mon. Mag. 21: 247; TL: Lourenço Marques

  • Charaxes violetta; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887, Rhop. Exot. [2] 1: (Charaxes) 1, pl. 1, f. 1-3; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 372, pl. 7, f. 1-2, 8; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 8-9; [BK]: 291, pl. 35, f. 471; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Blighia unijugata, Deinbollia sp. [Nigel Venters]

  • C. v. violetta Southern Mozambique

    • Charaxes violetta violetta; van Someren, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 50, pl. 1, f. 1-8, pl. 2, f. 10-12, 14-16, pl. 3, f. 17-18, 21; [BAFR], 386; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. v. maritima van Someren, 1966 Kenya/Tanzania coast

    • Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 52, pl. 3, f. 19-20, 22-24; TL: Kenya, Rabai Hills

    • Charaxes violetta maritima; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes violetta maritimus; [BK], 291 (note)
  • C. v. melloni Fox, 1963 E.Zimbabwe, N.Mozambique, Malawi, S & C.Tanzania

    • Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963; Ann. Carnegie Mus. 36: 222

    • Charaxes violetta melloni; van Someren, 1966, 61; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. v. meru van Someren, 1966 Kenya (Mnt Meru & Mnt Kenya)

    • Charaxes violetta meru van Someren, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18 (3): 53, pl. 4, f. 25-26, 29-30; TL: Kenya, N.E. of Mt. Kenya

    • Charaxes violetta meru; [BAFR], 386 (text); [BK], 291 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes viossati Canu, 1991

  • Charaxes viossati; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes virilis Rothschild, 1900 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes etheocles etheocles ♀-f. virilis Rothschild, 1900; Novit. zool. 7 (3): 487

  • Charaxes virilis; van Someren, 1969, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 92; [BAFR], 378; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Griffonia simplicifolia, Adenthera pavonia [Nigel Venters]

  • C. v. virilis Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Central Zaire

    • Charaxes virilis virilis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes virilis; van Someren & Jackson, 1952, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 103 (8): 283
  • C. v. lenis Jordan, 1929 Uganda (Budongo forest to Kenya border)

    • Charaxes etheocles ♂f. lenis Jordan, 1929; 483

    • Charaxes virilis lenis; Henning, 1988; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes williami Henning, 2002

  • Charaxes williami; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes xiphares (Stoll, [1781]) -. See [maps] Forest King Charaxes

  • Papilio xiphares Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 171, pl. 377, f. A, B

  • Charaxes xiphares; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 376; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 11-12; [BK]: 292, pl. 35, f. 473; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • ?Charaxes xiphares ? ssp.; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 198, pl. 6, f. 42, 45

  Larva on Cryptocarya woodii, Scutia myrtina, Chaetachme aristata, Drypetes gerrardii [PBSA], Craibia brevecaudata, Scutia myrtina, Rhamnus prinoides, Cryptocarya woodii [Nigel Venters]

  • C. x. xiphares South Africa (Eastern Cape to Knysna and Port Elizabeth)

    • Charaxes xiphares f. occidentalis van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 223

    • Charaxes xiphares xiphares; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 188, pl. 1, f. 1-2; [BAFR], 386; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes xiphares xiphares f. occidentalis; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 189
    • Charaxes xiphares; Boisduval, 1847, in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 593
  • C. x. bavenda van Son, 1935 South Africa (Forests along Zoutpansberg in Northern Transvaal)

    • Charaxes xiphares bavenda van Son, 1935; Ann. Transv. Mus. 15 (4): 487
    • Charaxes xiphares bavenda ♀-f. ochreomacula van Son, 1935; Ann. Transv. Mus. 15 (4): 489
    • Charaxes xiphares bavenda ♀-f. cyanescens van Son, 1935; Ann. Transv. Mus. 15 (4): 489

    • Charaxes xiphares barenda[sic]; [BAFR], 386 (text)
    • Charaxes xiphares bavenda; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 193, pl. 3, f. 19-20, 23-24; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes xiphares bavenda ♀-f. cyanescens; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 194, pl. 3, f. 24
    • Charaxes xiphares bavenda ♀-f. ochreomacula; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 193
  • C. x. bergeri Plantrou, 1975 Zaire (Katanga, Kafakumba)

    • Charaxes xiphares bergeri Plantrou, 1975; 103

    • Charaxes xiphares bergeri; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914 South & South West Tanzania

    • Charaxes cithaeron var. brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914; Archiv. Naturgesch. 79 A (8): 3, pl. 1 [♀]

    • Charaxes brevicaudatus; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
    • Charaxes xiphares brevicaudatus; van Son, 1936, 204; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 195, pl. 5, f. 33-34, 37-38; [AfrL]; [BAFR], 386 (text) [spell.?]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. burgessi van Son, 1953 SW.Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi

    • Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 227

    • Charaxes xiphares burgessi; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 197, pl. 4, f. 28, pl. 5, f. 38, pl. 6, f. 40-41; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes xiphares burgossi[sic]; [BAFR], 386 (text) [spell.?]
  • C. x. desmondi van Someren, 1939 SE.Kenya (Teita range)

    • Charaxes desmondi van Someren, 1939; J. E. Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (3) / (64): 176

    • Charaxes xiphares desmondi; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 201, pl. 8, f. 54-57; [BAFR], 388 (text); [BK], 292 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. draconis Jordan, 1936 South Africa (Forests of Eastern Transvaal, Drakensburg range south of the Olifants river)

    • Charaxes xiphares draconis Jordan, 1936; Novit. Zool. 39: 331
    • Charaxes xiphares draconis ♀f. candida van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 226

    • Charaxes xiphares draconis; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 191, pl. 2, f. 15-16, pl. 3, f. 17-18; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes xiphares draconis ♀f. candida; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 191
  • C. x. kenwayi Poulton, 1929 South Africa (Forests of North Eastern Transvaal, Wolkberg range North of Olifants river)

    • Charaxes xiphares kenwayi Poulton, 1929; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 4: 48
    • Charaxes xiphares kenwayi ♀f. lutea van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 227

    • Charaxes xiphares kenwayi; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 192, pl. 3, f. 21-22, pl. 4, f. 25-27; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes xiphares kenwayi ♀f. lutea; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 193
  • C. x. kiellandi Plantrou, 1976 N.Tanzania (Mnt Oldeani)

    • Charaxes xiphares kiellandi Plantrou, 1976; Proc. Trans. Br. ent. nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3-4): 95

    • Charaxes xiphares kiellandi; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. kilimensis van Someren, 1969 Tanzania (West Kilimanjaro)

    • Charaxes xiphares kilimensis van Someren, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (4): 83, pl. 28, f. 244-245, 247-248; TL: Tanzania, lower slopes of West Kilimanjaro at Maua Estate

    • Charaxes xiphares kilimensis; van Someren, 1972, 260; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. kulal van Someren, 1962 N.Kenya (Mnt Kulal)

    • Charaxes kulal van Someren, 1962; Proc. R. ent. Soc. (B) 5 (3-4): 45

    • Charaxes xiphares kulal; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 200, pl. 7, f. 49-50, pl. 8, f. 52-53; [BAFR], 388; [BK], 292 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. ludovici Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 N.Malawi Mnts (Nyika, Misuku Mtns)

    • Charaxes ludovici Rousseau-Decelle, 1933; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 38 (17): 271
      • = Charaxes xiphares brevicaudatus; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 195, pl. 5, f. 33-34, 37-38

    • Charaxes xiphares ludovici; Plantrou, 1983; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Charaxes imperialis ludovici (= Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis); van Someren, 1972, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 27 (4): 227
  • C. x. maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1918

    • Charaxes maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1918; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1917: 271 [♀]; TL: German East Africa, Lindi

    • Charaxes xiphares maudei; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 198, pl. 5, f. 39, pl. 6, f. 43-44, pl. 7, f. 46-47; [BAFR], 388; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. nguru Collins, 1988 Tanzania (Nguru Mnts)

    • Charaxes xiphares nguru; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. penningtoni van Son, 1953 South Africa (High forests of Natal)

    • Charaxes xiphares penningtoni van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 225
    • Charaxes xiphares penningtoni ♀-f. luminosa van Son, 1953; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (2): 226

    • Charaxes xiphares penningtoni; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 190, pl. 2, f. 9-14; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes xiphares penningtoni ♀-f. luminosa; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 191, pl. 2, f. 9
  • C. x. sitebi Plantou, 1981 NW.Tanzania (Mnt Sitebi)

    • Charaxes xiphares sitebi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. thyestes (Stoll, 1790) South Africa (N E Cape Province & Transkei)

    • Papilio thyestes Stoll, [1790]; Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 144, pl. 32, f. 2, 2B
      • = Charaxes xiphares; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 376
    • Eriboea thyestessa Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 47 (emend.?)
    • Nymphalis thurius Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 354; TL: Caffraria
      • = Charaxes xiphares; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 377
    • Charaxes xiphares reducta Rothschild, 1929; Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77: 481
    • Charaxes xiphares elatias Jordan, 1936; Novit. Zool. 39: 331

    • Charaxes thieste[sic, thyestes]; Butler, [1866], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 631
    • Charaxes xiphares reducta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes xiphares thyestes; van Son, 1953, 224; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 189, pl. 1, f. 3-8; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
    • Nymphalis thieste[sic, thyestes]; Westwood, [1850], Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 309
  • C. x. upembana Plantrou, 1976 Zaire (Kudule, North-Central Katanga)

    • Charaxes xiphares upembana Plantrou, 1976; Lambillionea 76 (7-8): 65

    • Charaxes xiphares upembana; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. vumbui van Son, 1936 Zimbabwe (Eastern border forests, Vumba Mnts)

    • Charaxes xiphares vumbui van Son, 1936; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 5 (11): 201, pl. 2; TL: Elephant Forest, Vumbu Mtns, Umtali, S.Rhodesia, 5500ft

    • Charaxes xiphares vumbui; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 194, pl. 4, f. 29-32; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. walwandi Collins, 1989 Kenya (Ol Donyo Orok Mtn)

    • Charaxes xiphares walwandi; [BK], 292 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. wernickei Joicey & Talbot, 1926 Single specimen from S Cameroun (This specimen is indistinguishable from the South African sub-species draconis and bavenda, van Someren considered this suspect!)

    • Charaxes xiphares wernickei Joicey & Talbot, 1926; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 2 (1): 14

    • Charaxes xiphares wernickei; van Someren, 1964, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 203, pl. 7, f. 48, 51; [BAFR], 388 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. woodi van Someren, 1964 Southern Malawi Mnts

    • Charaxes xiphares woodi van Someren, 1964; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 15 (7): 195, pl. 5, f. 35-36; TL: Nyasaland, Cholo
    • Charaxes xiphares woodi van Someren, 1972; 259

    • Charaxes xiphares woodi; [BAFR], 386 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. staudei Henning & Henning, 1992 N.Transvaal

    • Charaxes xiphares staudei Henning & Henning, 1992; Metamorphosis 3 (3): 116; TL: S.Africa, Blouberg, N.Transvaal

    • Charaxes xiphares staudei; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. x. occidentalis Pringle, 1995

    • Charaxes xiphares occidentalis; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes zambeziensis Henning & Henning, 1994

  • Charaxes zambeziensis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes zelica Butler, 1869 -. See [maps]

  • Charaxes zelica Butler, 1869; Ent. mon. Mag. 6: 28; TL: West Africa (Ashanti?)

  • Charaxes zelica; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 498; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 12; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. z. zelica Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, W.Nigeria

    • Charaxes zelica zelica; Plantrou, 1978, 520; [BAFR], 396 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
  • C. z. depuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Uganda, S.Sudan, W.Kenya

    • Charaxes zelica depuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 69; TL: Uganda, Mabira Forest

    • Charaxes zelica depuncta; van Someren, 1974, 458; [BAFR], 396; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Charaxes zeliza depuncta; [BK]: 302, pl. 40, f. 501
  • C. z. rougeoti Plantrou, 1978 E.Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., Zaire, N.Angola

    • Charaxes zelica rougeoti Plantrou, 1978; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 14 (3): 521

    • Charaxes zelica rougeoti; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • C. z. toyoshimai Carcasson, 1964 NW.Tanzania

    • Charaxes zelica toyoshimai Carcasson, 1964; J. E. Africa nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (4): 65

    • Charaxes zelica toyoshimai; van Someren, 1974, 459; Plantrou, 1978, 524 (female); [BAFR], 396 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Charaxes zingha (Stoll, [1780]) Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Angola, Cameroun, C.A.R., Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Papilio zingha Stoll, [1780]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 53, pl. 315, f. B, C
  • Papilio berenice Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: pl. 11, f. 1-2
    • = ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 452

  • Charaxes zingha; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 452; van Someren, 1974, 466; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 13, 16; [BAFR], 356; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Hugonia platsepala [Nigel Venters]

• Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850]) -. See [maps]

  • Nymphalis zoolina Westwood, [1850]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 309, pl. 53, f. 1; TL: Amazoulu, Port Natal
  • Charaxes neanthes obscuratus Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 123; TL: Mhonda

  • Charaxes zoolina franouxi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes zoolina homochroa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes zoolina obscuratus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Charaxes zoolina; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 9, f. 4-8; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 514; [PBSA]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 97, f. 14-15; [Nigel Venters]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]

  Larva on Entada natalensis, Acacia natalitia, A. kraussiana [PBSA], Entada spicata, E. abyssinica [Nigel Venters]

  • C. z. zoolina South Africa (Eastern Cape, Natal, Transvaal), Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, S.Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia Club-tailed Charaxes

    • ?Nymphalis neanthes Hewitson, 1854; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Nymphalis): [86], pl. [45], f. 2-3; TL: Port Natal

    • Charaxes neanthes pallidior; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes neanthes; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
    • Charaxes zoolina zoolina; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 9, f. 4-6; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 517; Trimen, 1862, 341; van Someren, 1974, 444; [BAFR], 400; [BK]: 302, pl. 40, f. 500; [AfrL]
    • ?Charaxes neanthes neanthes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 523
    • ?Charaxes neanthes; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 521
  • C. z. betsimisaraka Lucas, 1872 Madagascar

    • Charaxes betsimisaraka Lucas, 1872; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris (5) Zool. 15: 3; TL: Madagascar
    • Charaxes betanimena Lucas, 1872; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris (5) Zool. 15: 3; TL: Madagascar
    • Charaxes andriba Ward, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 210; TL: Madagascer
      • = Charaxes neanthes betanimena; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 524
    • Charaxes relatus Butler, 1880; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 5 (29): 394; TL: Madagascar
      • = Charaxes zoolina betsimiseraka; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 518
    • freyi Brancsik, 1892; Jb. Ver. Trencs. Comit. 13: 161, pl. 7, f. 8; TL: Nossibé
      • = Charaxes neanthes betanimena; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 524
    • Charaxes zoolina betsimisaraka f. firmus Le Cerf, 1923; 429

    • Charaxes neanthes betanimena; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 524
    • Charaxes zoolina betsimisaraka; [BAFR], 400 (text); van Someren, 1974, 448; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes zoolina betsimiseraka[sic, betsimisaraka]; Rothschild & Jordan, 1898, Novit. zool. 5 (4): pl. 9, f. 7-8; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 518
  • C. z. ehmckei Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882 Angola

    • Charaxes ehmckei Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 382, pl. 7, f. 3; TL: Pungo Andongo, Angola
    • Charaxes zoolina ehmckei f. phanera Jordan, 1908; 1xix

    • Charaxes ehmckei; Rothschild & Jordan, 1900, Novit. zool. 7 (3): 521
    • Charaxes zoolina ehmckei; [BAFR], 400; van Someren, 1974, 448; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Charaxes zoolina phanera; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • C. z. mafugensis Jackson, 1956 SW.Uganda, Rwanda

    • Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956; 67

    • Charaxes zoolina mafugensis; van Someren, 1974, 447; [BAFR], 400 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]