Charaxes druceanus, the silver-barred emperor or silver-barred charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa.
The wingspan is 55–70 mm in males and 65–85 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round. The larvae feed on various Syzygium species (including Syzygium cordatum and Syzygium guineense), Bersama abyssinica, Eugenia species, and Schefflera goetzenii.
Coastal belt and forest edges up to more than 5,000 m.
Listed alphabetically:
C. d. brazza Turlin, 1987 (Congo: Kinkala, Bela)
C. d. druceanus Butler, 1869 (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal))
C. d. entabeni van Someren, 1963 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the Zoutpansberg)
C. d. katamayu Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south to the area east of the Rift Valley)
C. d. obscura Rebel, 1914 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Rwanda, western Burundi)
C. d. moerens Jordan, 1936 (South Africa: Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga, Swaziland)
C. d. praestans Turlin, 1989 (north-eastern Tanzania)
C. d. proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Angola, eastern Rwanda, eastern Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, north-western Zimbabwe)
C. d. septentrionalis Lathy, 1926 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
C. d. solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992 (South Africa: north-east and north-west slopes of the Blouberg)
C. d. stevensoni van Someren, 1963 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
C. d. teita van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania: north to the Arusha-Moshi district)
C. d. vivianae Plantrou, 1982 (Sudan: south to the Imatong Mountains)
C. d. williamsi Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south-east to Mount Kasigau)
The Charaxes jasius group consists of:
Charaxes jasius
Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
Charaxes hansali
Charaxes castor
Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
Charaxes andara – Madagascar
Charaxes ansorgei
Charaxes phoebus
Charaxes pollux
Charaxes druceanus
Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
Charaxes eudoxus
Charaxes richelmanni
