Charaxes cithaeron

Blue-spotted Emperor
Figure 2 male, 3 female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. cithaeron
Binomial name
Charaxes cithaeron
C. & R. Felder, 1859
Synonyms
  • Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron ab. whitei van Someren, 1975

The Blue-spotted Emperor or Blue-spotted Charaxes (Charaxes cithaeron) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-east Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 70–80 mm in males and 85–95 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[2]

Larvae feed on Trema orientalis, Albizia adianthifolia, Celtis africana, Cola natalensis, Chaerachme aristata, Bafia racemosa, Afzelia quanzensis, Milletia sutherlandi, Maytenus senegalensis, and Craibia brevecaudatus.[1][2]

Charaxes cithaeron figured in Seitz Fauna Africana

Full description

A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. page 379-382 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 )

Habitat

Forested areas from the coastal belt to the Kenya Highlands.

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

the supposed clade members are

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013 [3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Charaxes, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005
  3. ↑ "African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013".

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