Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Charaxes zoolina | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Charaxes Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Charaxes jahlusa, Charaxes guderiana, Charaxes achaemenes, Charaxes bohemani, Charaxes druceanus | ||
Charaxes zoolina, the club-tailed emperor or club-tailed charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.
Contents
The wingspan is 40–45 mm in males and 50–58 mm in females. Flight period is from October to June.
Larvae feed on Entada - Entada spicata, Entada abyssinica, Entada natalensis, Acacia natalitia, Acacia schweinfurthi, Acacia brevispica, and Acacia kraussiana.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.
Taxonomy
Charaxes zoolina is a member of the species group Charaxes zoolina. The clade members are
The group differs from all the others in Charaxes in the male having a tail on vein 2, but the female having two long tails on veins 2, 4. There are two different forms, one with black markings on a greenish white base colour (wet-season form) and one with reddish-brown markings on red-yellow whitish colour (dry-season form). These forms can be from eggs of the same female.