Charaxes xiphares

Forest king emperor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. xiphares
Binomial name
Charaxes xiphares
(Stoll, [1781])
Synonyms
  • Papilio xiphares Stoll, 1781
  • Charaxes xiphares bavenda f. ochremacula van Son, 1935
  • Charaxes xiphares bavenda f. cyanescens van Son, 1935
  • Charaxes cithaeron var. brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914
  • Charaxes desmondi van Someren, 1939
  • Charaxes xiphares draconis f. candida van Son, 1953
  • Charaxes xiphares kenwayi f. lutea van Son, 1953
  • Charaxes kulal van Someren, 1962
  • Charaxes maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1918
  • Charaxes xiphares xiphares f. occidentalis van Son, 1953
  • Charaxes xiphares penningtoni f. luminosa van Son, 1953
  • Charaxes xiphares staudei f. arikae Henning and Henning, 1992
  • Charaxes xiphares staudei f. louisae Henning and Henning, 1992
  • Papilio thyestes Stoll, 1790
  • Charaxes xiphares reducta Rothschild, 1929
  • Charaxes xiphares elatias Jordan, 1936
  • Charaxes xiphares walwandi f. namukanae Collins, 1989 in Henning, 1989

The forest king emperor or forest king charaxes (Charaxes xiphares) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found southern Africa (Afrotropical ecozone) [1]

The wingspan is 65–80 mm in males and 70–95 mm in females.[2]

The larvae feed on Craibia brevecaudata, Scutia myrtina, Rhamnus prinoides, Cryptocarya woodii, Scutia myrtina, Chaetachme aristata, and Drypetes gerrardii.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

Taxonomy

Charaxes tiridates group

the supposed clade members are

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

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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