Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Charaxes cithaeron | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes Rank Species | |
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Similar Charaxes violetta, Charaxes castor, Charaxes xiphares, Charaxes protoclea, Charaxes bohemani | ||
Charaxes cithaeron, the blue-spotted emperor or blue-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-east Africa.
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The wingspan is 70–80 mm in males and 85–95 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.
Larvae feed on Trema orientalis, Albizia adianthifolia, Celtis africana, Cola natalensis, Chaerachme aristata, Bafia racemosa, Afzelia quanzensis, Milletia sutherlandi, Maytenus senegalensis, and Craibia brevecaudatus.
Full description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524. [1] page 379-382 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
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
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.