Charaxes
Stonehamia , Zinhga
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Charaxes cynthia group
- Charaxes boueti
- Charaxes cynthia
- Charaxes protoclea
- Charaxes etheocles group
- Charaxes anticlea
- Charaxes hilderandti
- Charaxes angelae
- Charaxes bocqueti
- Charaxes catachrous
- Charaxes cedreatis
- Charaxes chevroti
- Charaxes dreuxi
- Charaxes etheocles
- Charaxes petersi
- Charaxes plantroui
- Charaxes viola
- Charaxes virilis
- Charaxes northcotti
- Charaxes etispe group
- Charaxes achaemenes
- Charaxes etesipe
- Charaxes eupale group
- Charaxes dilutus
- Charaxes eupale
- Charaxes subornatus
- Charaxes hadrianus group
- Charaxes hadrianus
- Charaxes lecerfi
- Charaxes nobilis group
- Charaxes nobilis
- Charaxes superbus
- Charaxes jasius group
- Charaxes brutus
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes epijasius
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes legeri
- Charaxes lucretuis group
- Charaxes lactetinctus
- Charaxes lucretius
- Charaxes lycurgus group
- Charaxes lycurgus
- Charaxes porthos
- Charaxes zelica
- Charaxes mycerina
- Charaxes doubledayi
- Charaxes pleione group
- Charaxes paphianus
- Charaxes pleione
- Charaxes pollux group
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes tectonis
- Charaxes tiridates group
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes bipunctatus
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes numenes
- Charaxes pythodoris
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes tiridates
- Charaxes varanes group
- Charaxes varanes
- Charaxes fulvescens
- Charaxes obudoensis
- Charaxes saperanus
- Charaxes schiltzei
- Charaxes sidamo
- Charaxes smilesi
- Charaxes subrubidus
- Charaxes taverniersi
- Charaxes tessieri
- Charaxes thysi
- Charaxes thomasius
- Charaxes turlini
- Charaxes usumbarae
- Charaxes vansoni
- Charaxes variata
- Charaxes velox
- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes virescens
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes zingha
- Charaxes affinis
- Charaxes zoolina
- Charaxes acraeoides
- Charaxes acuminatus
- Charaxes alpinus
- Charaxes alticola
- Charaxes amandae
- Charaxes analava
- Charaxes andara
- Charaxes andranodorus
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes antamboulou
- Charaxes antiquus
- Charaxes aubyni
- Charaxes baileyi
- Charaxes balfouri
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes baumanni
- Charaxes berkeleyi
- Charaxes bernardii
- Charaxes bernsdorffi
- Charaxes blanda
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes brainei
- Charaxes cacuthis
- Charaxes candiope
- Charaxes carteri
- Charaxes chanleri
- Charaxes chepalungu
- Charaxes chintechi
- Charaxes chittyi
- Charaxes chunguensis
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes congdoni
- Charaxes contrarius
- Charaxes cowani
- Charaxes daria
- Charaxes defulvata
- Charaxes diversiforma
- Charaxes dowsetti
- Charaxes dubiosus
- Charaxes ephyra
- Charaxes ethalion
- Charaxes figini
- Charaxes fionae
- Charaxes fournierae
- Charaxes fulgurata
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes galawadiwosi
- Charaxes gallagheri
- Charaxes galleyanus
- Charaxes gerdae
- Charaxes grahamei
- Charaxes guderiana
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes howarthi
- Charaxes jahlusa
- Charaxes junius
- Charaxes kahldeni
- Charaxes karkloof
- Charaxes kheili
- Charaxes kirki
- Charaxes larseni
- Charaxes lasti
- Charaxes lemosi
- Charaxes loandae
- Charaxes lucyae
- Charaxes musashi
- Charaxes setan
- Charaxes lydiae
- Charaxes macclouni
- Charaxes mafuga
- Charaxes manica
- Charaxes margaretae
- Charaxes marieps
- Charaxes martini
- Charaxes matakall
- Charaxes mccleeryi
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes montis
- Charaxes murphyi
- Charaxes musakensis
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes nichetes
- Charaxes nyikensis
- Charaxes octavus
- Charaxes odysseus
- Charaxes opinatus
- Charaxes overlaeti
- Charaxes paradoxa
- Charaxes pelias
- Charaxes pembanus
- Charaxes penricei
- Charaxes phaeus
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes phraortes
- Charaxes pondoensis
- Charaxes prettejohni
- Charaxes richelmanni
- Charaxes phenix
- Charaxes amycus
- Charaxes antonius
- Charaxes aristogiton
- Charaxes bernardus
- Charaxes borneensis
- Charaxes distanti
- Charaxes durnfordi
- Charaxes elwesi
- Charaxes harmodius
- Charaxes kahruba
- Charaxes latona
- Charaxes marmax
- Charaxes mars
- Charaxes nitebis
- Charaxes ocellatus
- Charaxes orilus
- Charaxes plateni
- Charaxes psaphon
- Charaxes solon
Introduction
Big, beautiful Charaxes butterflies - the most diverse genus in Africa? Or maybe the most oversplit. Ackery et al. (1995) state, "No group of African butterflies arouses stronger emotions than Charaxes." Gaining an understanding of their phylogenetic relationships will add a new chapter to their convoluted literature.
The bulk of the list is Afrotropical taxa. The species C. amycus - C. solon are the ones from India, Indomalaya and the Indonesian archipelago to New Guinea.
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Putative species groups for west African taxa are identified as per Larsen (2005). Extralimital members of these groups are not included thus far.
References
Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Vane-Wright RI, and de Jong R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 1-267.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Charaxes candiope |
|---|---|
| Location | Gombe National Park, Tanzania |
| Comments | These butterflies were clustered round an oozing wound in a tree-trunk. The species was also seen on civet dung. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | David Bygott |
| Behavior | Feeding |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Dorsal/lateral |
| Copyright |
© 2005
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| Scientific Name | Charaxes jasius |
|---|---|
| Location | near Iraklio, Crete, Greece |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Hanging on |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Stavros Markopoulos |
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