Charaxes ethalion

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Charaxes ethalion		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes Rank Species

Similar Charaxes baumanni, Charaxes druceanus, Charaxes guderiana, Charaxes manica, Charaxes phaeus

Charaxes ethalion, the satyr emperor or satyr charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–63 mm in females.

Larvae feed on Albizia spp., Peltophorum africanum, Dichrostachys cinerea, Acacia ataxacantha, and Scutia myrtina.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

C. e. binghami Henning, 1982 (Zambia, northern Zimbabwe)

C. e. ethalion Boisduval, 1847 (Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)

C. e. fisheri Henning, 1982 (Zambia: north to the southern part of Lake Tanganyika)

C. e. handmani Henning, 1982 (Malawi: south to the Mlanje district)

C. e. kikuyuensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)

C. e. kitungulensis Strand, 1911 (Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Shaba, Maniema)

C. e. littoralis van Someren, 1967 (eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)

C. e. marsabitensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: north to Mount Marsabit)

C. e. nyanzae van Someren, 1967 (Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Lake Mweru)

Charaxes ethalion is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Afrotropical ecozone

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